Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 5(4): 592-602 (2020) https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0504024 This content is available online at AESA Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science Journal homepage: journals.aesacademy.org/index.php/aaes e-ISSN: 2456-6632 ARTICLE HISTORY ABSTRACT Received: 16 October 2020 Revised received: 07 December 2020 Accepted: 17 December 2020 Forest fre spread out in an area having combustible material in the summer season with high temperature. It burns the area and looks like a misery. Forest fre is one of the factors that severely affects the forest biodiversity. Burning actions in a forest affects not only fora and fauna but also soil properties changed due to the forest fre. In summer season on sloppy topography forest fre originates in tropical forests. While in coniferous forests, forest fre outbreaks during the resin extraction activities. More than 350 million hectares (ha) was estimated to be affected by vegetation fres globally. In India about 55% of forest area is prone to the fre. Fires can be natural or man- made, but manmade fre affects mostly. Several forest types and areas are more susceptible to forest fres because of suitable weather, topography and infammable material. Forest fres adversely affect the soil, water, fora and fauna and disrupt the ecological functions. The new advances in fre control are remote sensing and GIS where real time information can be gathered about the fre break and immediate follow can be done. The chemicals (as borate, ammonium sulfate and ammonium biphosphate) are used for fre control and various other types of fre retardants are used to keep the fre under control. Forest fre changes the composition of vegetation, extinction of species, development of the various adaptations in unwanted plants. Nutrient cycle and soils are affected. Frequent forest fre events cause global warming. Forest fre needed to be controlled at initial stage and the large fres should not be allowed to occur, the modern techniques of monitoring, detection and control must be used for avoiding the large fres happenings. ©2020 Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy Keywords Forest fre Nutrient cycling Soil properties Vegetation change GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT Citation of this article: Attri, V., Dhiman, R. and Sarvade, S. (2020). A review on status, implications and recent trends of forest fre management. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 5(4): 592-602, https://dx.doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0504024 A review on status, implications and recent trends of forest fre management Varun Attri 1 , Rajeev Dhiman 1 and S. Sarvade 2* 1 Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan - 173230 (Himachal Pradesh), INDIA 2 College of Agriculture, Balaghat, JNKVV, Jabalpur - 481331 (Madhya Pradesh), INDIA * Corresponding author’s E-mail: somanath553@gmail.com REVIEW ARTICLE