The forest fire that started at the Bandipur national park, 220 km from Bengaluru, on February 21 was one of the worst the 87,400-hectare reserve has seen in recent years. “We should rethink our policy of fire suppression,” says Jayashree Ratnam, a wildlife scientist with the National Centre for Biological Sciences. “All fires are not bad. In some ecosystems, such as the Savannah, fires are an integral component.
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