Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Sangya Singh and Dr. Deepa Vinay

Abstract:
Pinus roxburghii commonly known as Chir pine or long leaf Indian pine is a species of pine and is native to the Himalayas. Its home extends from Tibet and Afghanistan through Pakistan, northern states of India, Nepal and Bhutan up to Myanmar. Chir pine covers approximately 0.678 Mha area in three states of India namely Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Out of these three states, Uttarakhand alone covers a major portion of the Pine needles. The study has been under taken to utilize abundantly available dry pine needles in hilly region of Uttarakhand state in order to deal with forest fires in summers and also to cope up with the waste.