South America Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory: October 1998
South America Fire Statistics ofthe Global Vegetation Fire Inventory
November 2002
Country
Time Period
Average No. of Fires
Average Area Burned Annually (ha)
Average Area of Forest Burned
(ha)
Argentina 1981-1990 “~”
1,101,760
“~” 1993-1999 4,786 835,013 300,803 Bolivia 1987 “~”
15,000
“~” 1999 31,245 12,749,475 4,540,893 Brazil1 1981-1990 “~” 27,960 “~” 1997-1998 “~” >5,500,000 “~” Chile 1981-1993 “~” 55,333 “~” 1990-1999 5,530 51,797 22,395 1997-1998 5,329 90,888 “~” Colombia 1989-2000 1,506
29,924
“~” Ecuador 1985; 1994 “~”
12,750
“~” Falkland Islands “~” “~” “~” “~” French Guiana “~” “~” “~” “~” Guyana “~” “~” “~” “~” Paraguay 1988 “~”
60,000
“~” Peru “~” “~” “~” “~” Suriname “~” “~” “~” “~” Trinidad & Tobago 1987-1998 “~” 4,764 “~” 1990-1999 319 3,028 2,130 Uruguay 1981-1990 “~” 8,240 “~” Venezuela 1981 – 1991 “~” 511 “~”
Brazil 1 =
Fire statistics available for an estimated 30% of the wooded land
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