Forest fires and climate attributes interact in central Himalayas: an overview and assessment

Fire Ecology

Table 2 Change in forest cover from 2002 through 2017, per district, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, during our review of climate attributes and their affects on forest fire between 2002 and 2019

District	Geographic area		2001 forest cover		2011 forest cover		2017 forest cover
District	km²	% of state	km²	% of district	km²	% of district	km²	% of district
Almora	3144	5.88	1495	47.55	1577	50.16	1718	54.64
Bageshwar	2241	4.19	1297	57.87	1381	61.62	1261	56.27
Chamoli	8030	15.01	2583	32.16	2695	33.56	2709	33.73
Champawat	1766	3.30	1125	63.70	1181	66.87	1224	69.30
Dehradun	3088	5.77	1486	48.12	1607	52.04	1605	51.97
Garhwal	5329	9.96	3142	58.96	3289	61.72	3394	63.68
Haridwar	2360	4.41	612	25.93	619	26.23	588	24.91
Nainital	4251	7.95	3108	73.11	3090	72.69	3048	71.70
Pithoragarh	7090	13.26	2033	28.67	2094	29.53	2078	29.30
Rudraprayag	1984	3.70	1153	58.11	1125	56.70	1141	57.51
Tehri Garhwal	3642	6.80	2064	56.67	2147	58.95	2065	56.70
Udhamsingh	2542	4.75	769	30.25	546	21.48	436	17.15
Uttarkashi	8016	14.99	3071	38.31	3145	39.23	3028	37.77
Totals	53,483		23,938		24,496		24,295