Asia-Pacific Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory: October 1998

 

Asia-Pacific Fire Statistics of theGlobal Vegetation Fire Inventory

September 2002

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Country

Time Period Average Area Burned Annually (in ha) Average 
No. of Fires  Australia

1983-1996

476 719 (wildfire)
600 783 (prescribed)

 

1998/1999

31 200 000

 

1999/2000

71 200 000

 

2001

80 090 000

 

2002

65 918 500

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Bahrain ~ ~ ~ Bangladesh 1998 1 500 ~ Brunei Darussalam

1995

23

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Cambodia ~ ~ ~ Cook Islands ~ ~ ~ Fiji 1987

12 865

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French Polynesia ~ ~ ~ Guam ~ ~ ~ Hong Kong ~ ~ ~ India 1980 – 1981; 1985 – 1987 75 292 ~ 1990-1999 3 730 000 ~ Indonesia 1982 – 1994 500 802 ~ 1997 / 1998 5 200 000 ~ Kiribati ~ ~ ~ Laos ~ ~ ~ Malaysia 1992 – 1996

161

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1992, 1995 – 1998

1 968

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Marshall Islands ~ ~ ~ Maldives ~ ~ ~ Micronesia, Fed Stat ~ ~ ~ Myanmar ~ ~ ~ Nepal   > 400 000 ~ Nauru ~ ~ ~ New Caledonia ~ ~ ~ New Zealand 1990 – 2000 6 177 214 Niue ~ ~ ~ Northern Mariana Islands ~ ~ ~ Papua New Guinea ~ ~ ~ Philippines

1980 – 1993; 1995

18 675

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1993 – 1997

15 941

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Palau Islands ~ ~ ~ Singapore ~ ~ ~ Solomon Islands ~ ~ ~ Sri Lanka

1990 – 1999

323

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Taiwan ~ ~ ~ Thailand

1985, 1986,
1992 – 2000

1 366 079

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Tonga ~ ~ ~ Tuvalu ~ ~ ~ Vanuatu ~ ~ ~ Vietnam

1980 – 1989

2 175

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1997 – 1999

6 213

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Western Samoa

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~  =  no data available

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