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Table 8. Forest fires 1990-2000

Country/area

Forest area 2000

Number of fires/year in 1990s

Area of fires/year in 1990s

Average

Min

Max

Average

Min

Max

000 ha

000 ha

000 ha

000 ha

Algeria

2 145

-

-

-

-

-

-

Angola

69 756

-

-

-

-

-

-

Benin

2 650

-

-

-

-

-

-

Botswana

12 427

-

-

-

-

-

-

Burkina Faso

7 089

-

-

-

-

-

-

Burundi

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cameroon

23 858

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cape Verde

85

-

-

-

-

-

-

Central African Republic

22 907

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chad

12 692

-

-

-

-

-

-

Comoros

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

Congo

22 060

-

-

-

-

-

-

Côte d'Ivoire

7 117

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

135 207

-

-

-

-

-

-

Djibouti

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

Egypt

72

-

-

-

-

-

-

Equatorial Guinea

1 752

-

-

-

-

-

-

Eritrea

1 585

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ethiopia

4 593

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gabon

21 826

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gambia

481

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ghana

6 335

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guinea

6 929

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guinea-Bissau

2 187

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kenya

17 096

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lesotho

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

Liberia

3 481

-

-

-

-

-

-

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

358

-

-

-

-

-

-

Madagascar

11 727

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malawi

2 562

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mali

13 186

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mauritania

317

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mauritius

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

Morocco

3 025

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mozambique

30 601

-

-

-

-

-

-

Namibia

8 040

-

-

-

-

-

-

Niger

1 328

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nigeria

13 517

-

-

-

-

-

-

Réunion

71

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rwanda

307

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Helena

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

27

-

-

-

-

-

-

Senegal

6 205

-

-

-

-

-

-

Seychelles

30

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sierra Leone

1 055

-

-

-

-

-

-

Somalia

7 515

-

-

-

-

-

-

South Africa

8 917

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sudan

61 627

-

-

-

-

-

-

Swaziland

522

-

-

-

-

-

-

Togo

510

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tunisia

510

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uganda

4 190

-

-

-

-

-

-

United Republic of Tanzania

38 811

-

-

-

-

-

-

Western Sahara

152

-

-

-

-

-

-

Zambia

31 246

-

-

-

-

-

-

Zimbabwe

19 040

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Africa

649 866







Afghanistan

1 351

-

-

-

-

-

-

Armenia

351

7

2

24

0.0

0.0

0.2

Azerbaijan

1 094

5

1

8

0.0

0.0

0.1

Bahrain

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bangladesh

1 334

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bhutan

3 016

-

-

-

-

-

-

Brunei Darussalam

442

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cambodia

9 335

-

-

-

-

-

-

China

163 480

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

172

30

16

64

-

-

-

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

8 210

-

-

-

-

-

-

East Timor

507

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gaza Strip

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia

2 988

6

1

11

-

-

-

India

64 113

-

-

-

-

-

-

Indonesia

104 986

-

-

-

-

-

-

Iran, Islamic Rep.

7 299

-

-

-

-

-

-

Iraq

799

-

-

-

-

-

-

Israel

132

959

697

1 211

-

-

-

Japan

24 081

3 242

2 262

4 534

2.3

0.2

3.0

Jordan

86

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kazakhstan

12 148

1 017

354

2 257

1.8

0.2

4.3

Kuwait

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kyrgyzstan

1 003

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lao People's Dem. Rep

12 561

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lebanon

36

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malaysia

19 292

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maldives

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mongolia

10 645

-

-

-

-

-

-

Myanmar

34 419

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nepal

3 900

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oman

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pakistan

2 361

-

-

-

-

-

-

Philippines

5 789

-

-

-

-

-

-

Qatar

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Republic of Korea

6 248

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saudi Arabia

1 504

-

-

-

-

-

-

Singapore

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sri Lanka

1 940

-

-

-

-

-

-

Syrian Arab Republic

461

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tajikistan

400

-

-

-

-

-

-

Thailand

14 762

-

-

-

-

-

-

Turkey

10 225

1 973

1 339

3 221

8.5

0.0

20.2

Turkmenistan

3 755

8

2

16

-

-

-

United Arab Emirates

321

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uzbekistan

1 969

-

-

-

-

-

-

Viet Nam

9 819

-

-

-

-

-

-

West Bank

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yemen

449

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Asia

547 793







American Samoa

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

Australia

154 539

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cook Islands

22

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fiji

815

-

-

-

-

-

-

French Polynesia

105

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guam

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kiribati

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

Marshall Islands

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Micronesia

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nauru

n.s.

-

-

-

-

-

-

New Caledonia

372

-

-

-

-

-

-

New Zealand

7 946

1 503

928

2 198

0.3

0.0

0.7

Niue

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

Northern Mariana Isl.

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

Palau

35

-

-

-

-

-

-

Papua New Guinea

30 601

-

-

-

-

-

-

Samoa

105

-

-

-

-

-

-

Solomon Islands

2 536

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tonga

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

Vanuatu

447

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Oceania

197 623







Albania

991

406

110

695

0.5

0.0

1.0

Andorra

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Austria

3 886

114

41

225

0.1

0.0

0.2

Belarus

9 402

3 190

1 466

7 743

4.1

0.0

18.6

Belgium & Luxembourg

728

64

26

185

0.1

0.0

0.8

Bosnia & Herzegovina

2 273

139

104

158

0.8

0.0

1.2

Bulgaria

3 690

413

73

1 196

3.6

0.0

10.1

Croatia

1 783

259

109

372

3.9

0.0

7.0

Czech Republic

2 632

1 671

961

2 586

0.9

0.0

3.5

Denmark

455

7

2

14

0.0

0.0

0.1

Estonia

2 060

233

39

359

0.2

0.0

0.8

Finland

21 935

812

286

1 289

0.8

0.0

1.6

France

15 341

5 415

3 888

7 200

31.5

0.0

56.5

Germany

10 740

1 789

1 237

3 012

1.4

0.0

4.9

Greece

3 599

1 874

858

3 113

19.7

0.0

49.6

Hungary

1 840

-

-

-

-

-

-

Iceland

31

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

659

222

123

721

0.2

0.0

0.3

Italy

10 003

11 470

6 225

15 380

20.5

0.0

44.0

Latvia

2 923

994

582

1 510

0.8

0.0

3.0

Liechtenstein

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

1 994

602

147

1 154

0.3

0.0

0.7

Malta

n.s.

6

1

12

0.0

0.0

0.0

Netherlands

375

81

51

117

0.0

0.0

0.0

Norway

8 868

513

181

976

0.5

0.0

1.4

Poland

9 047

4 792

3 008

9 305

7.0

0.0

33.3

Portugal

3 666

20 019

13 118

29 078

45.8

0.0

98.8

Republic of Moldova

325

22

0

91

0.0

0.0

0.1

Romania

6 448

102

34

187

0.3

0.0

0.7

Russian Federation

851 392

24 649

17 965

32 833

799.9

0.0

1 853.5

San Marino

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

2 177

413

142

674

0.1

0.0

0.2

Slovenia

1 107

81

25

211

0.4

0.0

1.0

Spain

14 370

17 497

12 474

25 827

68.3

0.0

250.4

Sweden

27 134

3 280

1 100

6 240

1.6

0.0

3.3

Switzerland

1 199

104

52

216

0.5

0.0

1.5

The FYR of Macedonia

906

123

18

294

3.4

0.0

10.1

Ukraine

9 584

4 090

2 309

7 411

21.6

0.1

126.7

United Kingdom

2 794

427

61

906

0.4

0.1

1.0

Yugoslavia

2 887

175

26

313

2.9

1.5

6.9

Total Europe

1 039 251







Antigua and Barbuda

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bahamas

842

-

-

-

-

-

-

Barbados

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Belize

1 348

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bermuda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

244 571

8 125

5 681

10 267

501.6

143.0

1 239.0

Cayman Islands

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica

1 968

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cuba

2 348

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dominica

46

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dominican Republic

1 376

-

-

-

-

-

-

El Salvador

121

-

-

-

-

-

-

Greenland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grenada

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guadeloupe

82

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guatemala

2 850

-

-

-

-

-

-

Haiti

88

-

-

-

-

-

-

Honduras

5 383

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jamaica

325

-

-

-

-

-

-

Martinique

47

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mexico

55 205

7 767

2 829

14 445

66.8

12.4

195.4

Montserrat

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

Netherlands Antilles

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nicaragua

3 278

-

-

-

-

-

-

Panama

2 876

-

-

-

-

-

-

Puerto Rico

229

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Lucia

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

Trinidad and Tobago

259

328

156

764

0.4

0.3

7.2

United States

225 993

108 597

86 660

130 226

-

-

-

US Virgin Islands

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total North and Central America

549 304







Argentina

34 648

4 787

343

10 587

465.2

98.4

1 279.0

Bolivia

53 068

-

-

-

-

-

-

Brazil

543 905

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chile

15 536

5 688

4 114

6 830

24.1

3.8

64.1

Colombia

49 601

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ecuador

10 557

-

-

-

-

-

-

Falkland Islands

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

French Guiana

7 926

-

-

-

-

-

-

Guyana

16 879

-

-

-

-

-

-

Paraguay

23 372

-

-

-

-

-

-

Peru

65 215

-

-

-

-

-

-

Suriname

14 113

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uruguay

1 292

-

-

-

-

-

-

Venezuela

49 506

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total South America

885 618







TOTAL WORLD

3 869 455








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