Central American Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory: October 1998
Central American Fire Statistics ofthe Global Vegetation Fire Inventory
July 2002
Country Time Period Average Area Burned Annually (in ha) Average Annually No. of Fires Anguilla “~” “~” “~” Antigua & Barbuda “~” “~” “~” Aruba (neth.) “~” “~” “~” Bahamas “~” “~” “~” Barbados “~” “~” “~” Belize 1997-1998 <50 000 1423 Bermuda Islands “~” “~” “~” British Virgin Islands “~” “~” “~” Cayman Islands “~” “~” “~” Costa Rica 1998 39 422 1 511 Cuba 1981-1990
4 008
“~” 1990-1999 4319 307 Dominica “~” “~” “~” Dominican Republic 1992-1997 49 400 68 1997-1998 207 000 259 El Salvador 1998 5 922 227 Grenada “~” “~” “~” Guadeloupe “~” “~” “~” Guatemala
1987
70 000
“~” 1998-2002 284 538 9 652 Haiti
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“~”
“~” Honduras 1986-1990
59 300
2 701 1998 250 307 9 594 Jamaica
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“~”
“~” Martinique
“~”
“~”
“~” Mexico 1983-1996 154 238 “~” 1990-1999 251 697 7 767 Mexico, Chiapa, State of 1990-1999 20 438 188 Nicaragua 1982-1985 373 299 “~” 1985-1996 357 374 8 278 1998 396 464 15 196 Panama 1989
3 000
“~” 1998 109 474 4 196 Panama Canal Zone “~” “~” “~” Puerto Rico “~” “~” “~” Saint Lucia “~” “~” “~” St.kitts & Nevis “~” “~” “~” St.vinct & Grenadine “~” “~” “~” Trinidad and Tobago 1987 4 264 314 1997-1998 10 289 764 Turks And Caicos Islands “~” “~” “~” U.s. Virgin Islands “~” “~” “~”
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