Spain: The 1990 Forest Fire Season in Spain (IFFN No. 4 – December 1990)
The 1990 Forest Fire Season in Spain
(IFFN No. 4 – December 1990, p. 10)
In an advance information of the National Institute for Nature Conservation (ICONA, Ministry of Agriculture) of October 1990 the forest fire season between 1 January and 15 October 1990 is analyzed. The following table gives the most important statistical data in comparison with previous years:
1988
1989
1990
Number of fires
9,262
19,405
14,984
Area burned (wooded land, ha)
40,484
152,162
66,517
Area burned (non-wooded land, ha)
83,484
228,999
132,275
Total area burned (ha)
126,968
381,161
198,792
Product losses (millions of pesetas)
5,400
16,000
8,000
From: Ricardo Velez
Area de Defensa contra
Incendios Forestales
Address:
ICONA-Subdireccion General
de Proteccion de la Naturaleza
Gran Via de San Francisco, 35
E-28005 Madrid
