Table 2-1 Fuel properties of major vegetation types in southern hemisphere Africa. 50
Table 2-2 Dominant fire regimes of the major vegetation types in southern hemisphere Africa. 53
Table 2-3 Estimates of the biomass quantity burned in vegetation fires in southern Africa. 56
Table 2-4 Wildfire database for Mozambique, 1990-1999. 60
Table 2-5 Recommendations for fire management at the levels of a concession area. 62
Table 2-6 Fire environment and fire regimes for six major zones of Namibia. 70
Table 2-7 Main Organizations involved in fire suppression activities. 71
Table 2-8 Change of forest area between 1990 and 1998. 88
Table 2-9 Forest fire statistics of Ethiopia for the period 1990-2000. 102
Table 2-10 Number of fires and area burned in Kenya for the period 1990 – 1999. 106
Table 3-1 Wildland fire statistics for Viet Nam, 1997-1999. 126
Table 3-2 Extent of fire-affected forests and other lands in Indonesia, 1997-1998. 139
Table 3-3 Forest fires in Malaysia 1992-1997. 147
Table 3-4 Forest fires in Peninsular Malaysia 1998. 148
Table 3-5 Aggregate incremental costs of the damage caused by smoke haze. 152
Table 3-6 Forest destruction in the Philippines by cause. 159
Table 3-7 Wildfire statistics of fire numbers, area burned and fire causes for 1985-2000. 164
Table 3-8 Susceptibility and vulnerability of Indian forests to wildfire. 173
Table 3-9 Extent of fire incidence in forest areas of the country. 173
Table 3-10 Forest resources of Sri Lanka. 183
Table 3-11 Forest fires in Sri Lanka reported during 1990-1999. 186
Table 3-12 Forest fires and economic damage in Sri Lanka, 1990-2000. 186
Table 3-13 Wildland fire database in China: total number of fires and area burned in China between 1990 and 1999 on forest, other wooded land, and other land. 195
Table 3-14 Wildfire database for Iran for the period 1982-1995. 200
Table 3-15 Number of fires and area burned in forests and other vegetation in Japan, 1980-1989. 204
Table 3-16 Number of fires and area burned in forests and other vegetation in Japan, 1990-1999. 205
Table 3-17 Fire services of cities, towns and villages in 1998. 207
Table 3-18 Forest fire protection facilities subsidized by the Government of Japan. 207
Table 3-19 Fire danger classes in Kazakhstan 212
Table 3-20 Number and causes of forest fires during the 1997 fire season. 215
Table 3-21 Forest fire statistics of Kazakhstan for the period 1980-2000. 216
Table 3-22 Forest fire occurrence by season during the period 1995-1999. 219
Table 3-23 Wildfire database for the period 1990-1999. 222
Table 3-24 Wildfire database for the period 1980-1989. 222
Table 3-25 Details on wildfire causes during the period 1995-1999. 223
Table 3-26 Intra-annual distribution of forest fire distribution in Mongolia, 1985-1992. 226
Table 3-27 Wildfire statistics of Mongolia, 1981-1989. 231
Table 3-28 Wildfire statistics of Mongolia, 1990-1999. 231
Table 4-1 Forest fires in the European and Asian ECE member states, 1990-1997. 240
Table 4-2 Total area of forest and other wooded land burned in the European and Asian ECE member states, 1990-1997. 241
Table 4-3 Total area of forest burned in the European and Asian ECE member states, 1990-1997. 242
Table 4-4 Total area of other wooded land burned in the European and Asian ECE member states, 1990-1997. 243
Table 4-5 Percentage of the forest vegetation types based on the total area of Cyprus. 258
Table 4-6 Wildfire database of Cyprus for the period 1990-1999. 259
Table 4-7 Wildfire database of Cyprus for the period 1980-1989. 260
Table 4-8 Wildfire database for Greece for 1990-2000. 265
Table 4-9 Wildfire database for Greece for 1980-1989. 265
Table 4-10 Average percentage of fires occurring each month, based on the data from 1964-1994. 267
Table 4-11 Distribution (%) of fire causes in Greece in 1988, 1993 and 1968-1993. 270
Table 4-12 Wildfire database for Italy, 1980-1989. 275
Table 4-13 Wildfire database for Italy, 1990-1999. 275
Table 4-14 Forest fires in 1998 in Italy by Region. 278
Table 4-15 Numbers and area burned by forest fires in Italy in 1998 by month. 278
Table 4-16 Number of fires greater than 100 ha affecting wooded land. 280
Table 4-17 Percentage of wildfires by orographic type of terrain and by altitude in 1998. 280
Table 4-18 Causes of fires in Italy, 1998. 281
Table 4-19Number of forest fires and area burned in Lebanon, 1996 and 1999. 283
Table 4-20 Number of forest fires and area burned in Morocco between 1960-1999. 285
Table 4-21Classification of areas burned by vegetation type and by burn size class for the period 1994-1999. 286
Table 4-22 Summary of fire problems and recommendations to solve the problems 297
Table 4-23 Summary of fire problems and recommendations to solve the problems of fire suppression coordination. 300
Table 4-24 Forest fires statistics for Spain, 1990-1999. 301
Table 4-25 Total number of fires and area burned in Turkey between 1990 and 1997 on forest, other wooded land and other land. 303
Table 4-26 Distribution of forest resources of Belarus by Fire Hazard Class. 313
Table 4-27 Wildfire database of Belarus, 1990-2000. 314
Table 4-28 Forest fire database for Estonia, 1990 to 1999. 316
Table 4-29 Wildland fire statistics for Finland, 1990-1999. 324
Table 4-30 Criteria for declaration of a forest fire emergency in Lithuania. 346
Table 4-31 Distribution of Russian terrestrial vegetation by land class and bio-climatic zone. 350
Table 4-32 Model estimates of annual average forest fire area during the last three decades by bio-climatic zone and type of fire for the total Forest Fund and lands of the State Land Reserve. 354
Table 4-33 Number of wildfires and forest area burned on protected territories of the Forest Fund, 1950-1995. 359
Table 5-1 Estimated areas of forest land (ha) burned by wildfires in Australia. 383
Table 5-2 Estimated areas of forest land (ha) burned by prescribed fires in Australia. 383
Table 5-3 Fire Suppression Agencies. 384
Table 5-4 Wildfire statistics of New Zealand for the fire seasons 1990-1991 to 1999-2000. 397
Table 6-1Wildfire Database for the United States, 1990-1999. 414
Table 6-2 Number of fires and area burned, 1990-1999. 423
Table 6-3. Number of fires and area burned in Chiapa, between 1990-1999. 435
Table 6-4 National fire statistics from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA). 442
Table 6-5 Number of fires and area burned in Cuba between 1990-1999. 448
Table 6-6 Number of fires and area burned between 1990-1999. 452
Table 7-1 Number of fires and area burned in Argentina between 1990-1999. 461
Table 7-2 Vegetation types grouped by region. 463
Table 7-3 Damage caused by fires by hectare. 464
Table 7-4 Estimated carbon emission values by type of vegetation. 465
Table 7-5 Number of fires and area burned, 1990-1999 (recorded only for 1999). 466
Table 7-6 Numbers of Fires and Area Burned. 483
