Question

Forest degradation and the structure of biomass utilization in a himalayan foothills village researchgate

Answer 1

Each summer, thousands of hectares of forest in the Indian Himalayan region are destroyed by wildfires. A major cause of this is highly inflammable pine needles that cover the forest floor. A company in the State of Uttarakhand has developed a community-based business model to collect these needles and generate electricity from them. The aim is to prevent the forest fires, generate local employment, and improve the region’s erratic power supply.