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Wildfire Mitigation in Mountains Using Pine-Based Bio-Composite in India
Implementing Partner: Build Change
Project name: Mitigating Wildfires in High-Mountain Regions by Repurposing Causative Pine Needles into Low- Cost, Thermal-Resistant, Bio-Composite Building Materials for Extreme Temperatures
High-altitude regions face recurring wildfires fuelled by flammable pine needles, poor housing insulation, and extreme cold.
This project develops a cost-effective, thermal-resistant bio-composite from pine needles and mucilage-rich biomass.
This innovation will be validated and scaled to reduce wildfire hazards, enhance climate-resilient housing, and reinforce disaster risk reduction, empowering vulnerable mountain communities to adapt to escalating environmental challenges through sustainable, locally sourced solutions.
in India’s Himalayan
states
homes
Impact and Key Findings
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This project reduces wildfire risk by removing flammable pine needles from forests, helping preserve mountain ecosystems while reinforcing fire safety infrastructure, reducing environmental degradation, and enhancing climate resilience in high-altitude, hazard-prone regions.
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It improves housing insulation in mountain regions through cost-effective, heat-resistant bio-composites, bolstering protection against extreme cold while reducing reliance on carbon-intensive materials and promoting sustainable, climate-adaptive construction in vulnerable high-altitude communities.
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It promotes circular economy and resilient infrastructure by transforming forest waste into robust construction materials, enhancing sustainable development, minimizing environmental degradation, and supporting disaster risk reduction in high-altitude, ecologically sensitive mountain regions.
