Daily Fire Occurrence and Fire Danger Maps of the Fire Laboratory
of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk
Selected fire occurrence maps, satellite images and a forest fire danger map are prepared
daily by the Russian GFMC correspondent Dr. Anatoly Sukhinin, Fire Laboratory of the
Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, in collaboration with the
Emergency Situation Monitoring and Forecasting Agency, Krasnoyarsk branch. The maps
are produced on the base of satellite data (classification by the NOAA AVHRR). They show
the fire locations (by latitude and longitude) and the area affected by fire (red
signature, size in ha). The red arrow at each fire location points to the nearest
populated place. The terms Oblast or Krai used in the maps are
designations of administrative regions. Updated fire danger maps are provided about two to
three times per week.
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Coverage map showing regional boundaries |
28 August 2000:
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| Chitinsk Oblast | Krasnoyarsk Krai / Tuva Republic |
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| Yakutia Republic | Yakutia Republic |
Last Forest Fire Situation Update from the Federal Forest Service
of Russia
The Aerial Forest Fire
Protection Service (Avialesookhrana) of the Federal Forest Service of Russia reports
the state of fire in the 2000 fire season to the GFMC. The latest report is dated 28
August 2000:
Up to 27 August 2000 a total of 16,654 fires occurred in forests under
the control of the Federal Forest Service of Russia, burning a total of 831,989 ha of
forest (thereof 58,804 crown fires) and 259,623 ha non-forested areas (inside forest
lands).
During the day of 27 August 2000 a total of 14 fires were burning and affected 16 ha
forest lands.
Compared to previous years the wildfire activity is unusually low at the moment. However,
the fire season is not yet ended and increased fire occurrence may arise in September and
October until the end of the fire season.
Daily, 10-days and Season Fire Activity Maps of Russia
The Institute for Solar Terrestrial Physics,
Irkutsk, publishes daily fire observations (High-Temperature Events) depicted by the NOAA
AVHRR sensor on the territory of the Russian federation and the neighbour territories of
China and Mongolia (within the range of the receiving station). The institute provides
daily fire occurrence summaries, 10-days fire summaries (accumulated fires during the last
ten days) and a fire season total summary. But currently there are no updated maps
available. The lates maps are dated 22 and 23 August 2000.
Latest News on the Reorganization of the Forest and Forest Fire Service
of Russia, from the Russian Environmental Digest
REDfiles (by Transboundary Environmental
Information Agency) is a compilation of the week's major English-language press on
environmental issues in Russia. GFMC publishes those news from the REDfiles which are
related to forest fire issues, beginning with Vol. 2 (No.28), July 2000:
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On 19 July 2000 World Bank Vice President for Europe and and Central Asia, Mr. Johannes F. Linn responded to the signatories of the letter directed to World Bank president Wolfensohn. He indicated that most of the disbursement of the World Bank funds will be on hold until the new structures of the forestry administration will be settled. He mentioned that disbursement of funds to current projects will continue, especially in assisting the government to reduce losses from forest fires.
Earlier comments on the reorganisation of the Federal Forest Service of Russia and the consequences on forest fire protection capabilities were released by the BALTEX FIRE 2000 (6 June 2000 and 7 June 2000) and the GFMC statement The Future of Forest Fire Protection in Russia. Latest news from Moscow indicate that final decisions on the fate of former Federal Forest Service personnel will be made next week. A decision about the future of Avialesookhrana is not expected before the end of the current, sever fire season.
The translated wording of the the resolution (decree) of the Russian government concerning the abolishment of the State Forest Committee has been made public (non-official translation). Additionally two translated articles from Lesnaja Gazeta (Forestry Gazette) of 15 July 2000 are of interest.
For more details on fire in the Russian Federation, Mongolia and China: See IFFN Country Notes. Scientific details on fire in the Russian Federation are provided by the Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN) report.
Bibliography on fire in ecosystems of boreal Eurasia:
One of the results of the first international fire science conference in the
Russian Federation (1993) was the publication of a monograph on fire in boreal Eurasia,
including some selected contributions on boreal North America. The literature cited in the
monograph contains numerous publications which in many cases are not easily accessible. To
facilitate literature search the bibliographical sources are provided by topic (chapter).
Goldammer, J.G. and V.V.Furyaev. 1996. Fire
in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 390 p.