Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016
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Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016 2017 EUR 28707 EN This publication is a Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of this publication. “Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016” is a report published by the Joint Research Centre in collaboration with other Directorate Generals of the European Commission, including DG ENV, DG GROW and DG ECHO, and the national wildfire administrations of the countries in the Expert Group on Forest Fires (see list of contributors). Contact information Address: Joint Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, TP 261, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy Email: [email protected] Tel.: +39 0332 78 6138 JRC Science Hub https://ec.europa.eu/jrc EUR 28707 EN PUBSY No. JRC107591 Print ISBN 978-92-79-71293-7 ISSN 1018-5593 doi:10.2760/66820 PDF ISBN 978-92-79-71292-0 ISSN 1831-9424 doi:10.2760/17690 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2017 © European Union, 2017 Reuse is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of European Commission documents is regulated by Decision 2011/833/EU (OJ L 330, 14.12.2011, p. 39). For any use or reproduction of photos or other material that is not under the EU copyright, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holders. How to cite this report: Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, Tracy Durrant, Roberto Boca, Giorgio Libertà, Alfredo Branco, Daniele de Rigo, Davide Ferrari, Pieralberto Maianti, Tomàs Artés Vivancos, Ernste Schulte, Peter Loffler; Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016. EUR 28707 EN, Publications Office, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-71292-0, doi: 10.2760/17690 All images © European Union 2017, (unless otherwise specified) Title Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016 Abstract This report contains the annual summary of the fire season of 2016 with official figures provided by 30 contributing countries for the number of fires, burnt areas and fire prevention efforts, and the analysis of fire danger and areas mapped in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). Printed in Luxembourg Contacts: JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Directorate E: Space, Security & Migration Disaster Risk Management EFFIS TEAM Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz [email protected] Tracy Durrant [email protected] Roberto Boca [email protected] Giorgio Libertà [email protected] Alfredo Branco [email protected] Daniele de Rigo [email protected] Davide Ferrari [email protected] Pieralberto Maianti [email protected] Tomàs Artés Vivancos [email protected] DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate D1: Natural Capital Land Use & Management Ernst Schulte [email protected] Peter Loffler [email protected] MEMBER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES See list of contributors for country reports. Sources of data and comments are also given in the text. i List of contributors for the country reports Algeria Abdelhafid BENCHIKHA Direction Générale de la Protection Civile Mohamed ABBAS Direction Générale des Forêts Austria Franz HUMER The Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association Bulgaria Vladimir KONSTANTINOV Executive Forest Agency Croatia Ivana PEŠUT Directorate for Forestry, Hunting & Wood Industry, Ministry of Agriculture Siniša PETKOVIČEK National Protection and Rescue Directorate Cyprus Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Ioannis TOUMASIS Department of Forests Estonia Veljo KÜTT The Estonian Environment Agency Kadi KÕIV Ministry of the Environment Finland Rami RUUSKA Ministry of Interior Department for Rescue Services former Yugoslav Tatjana ANASTASOV Protection and rescue Directorate Republic of Maja TIMOVSKA Department for analysis and research Macedonia France Philippe MICHAUT Ministère de l’Intérieur Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civiles Philippe JOANNELLE Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt, DGPAAT Germany Michaela LACHMANN Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food Greece Kleanthi PAVLIDOU Ministry of Environment and Energy; Directorate General for the Development and Protection of Forests and the Rural Environment Hungary Peter DEBRECENI National Food Chain Safety Office, Forestry Directorate Dániel NAGY Ireland Ciaran NUGENT Forest service Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Italy Marco DI FONZO CUTFAA Comando Carabinieri per la Tutela Forestale Latvia Edijs LEISAVNIEKS State Forest Service; Forest and Environmental Protection Department Zigmunds JAUNĶIĶIS Lebanon George MITRI University of Balamand Lithuania Svetlana REPŠIENĖ Ministry of Environment Directorate General of State Forests Morocco Fouad ASSALI Service de la protection des forêts (Haut-Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts Hicham MHARZI ALAOUI et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification) Norway Dag BOTNEN The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) Poland Joseph PIWNICKI Forest Research Institute Ryszard SZCZYGIEŁ Forest Fire Protection Department Portugal Marta JANEIRA National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) Alexandre BORGES Romania Radu SBIRNEA Ministry of Waters and Forests Septimius MARA Russian Andrey ERITSOV Aerial Forest Fire Centre of Russian Federation Federation Slovak Rep. Valéria LONGAUEROVÁ National Forest Centre; Forest Research Institute Slovenia Jošt JAKŠA Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Spain Elsa ENRIQUEZ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment Antonio LOPEZ Forest Fire Spanish Service Sweden Leif SANDAHL Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) Resilience Development and Analysis Department Switzerland Michael REINHARD Federal Office for the Environment Marco CONEDERA Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Boris PEZZATTI Turkey Kamil Tolgay DURSUN General Directorate of Forestry In TURKEY Ugur BALTACI UK Andy MOFFAT Forest Research UK ii Contents List of contributors for the country reports ................................................................ i Foreword............................................................................................................. iv Executive summary ............................................................................................... 5 1 Forest Fires in 2016 ........................................................................................... 6 1.1 Introduction to the 2016 fire season in Europe, Middle East and North Africa ...... 6 1.2 European countries ...................................................................................... 6 1.2.1 Austria ............................................................................................... 7 1.2.2 Bulgaria ............................................................................................. 8 1.2.3 Croatia ............................................................................................... 9 1.2.4 Cyprus ............................................................................................. 13 1.2.5 Estonia ............................................................................................. 15 1.2.6 Finland ............................................................................................. 16 1.2.7 France ............................................................................................. 18 1.2.8 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .......................................... 22 1.2.9 Germany .......................................................................................... 23 1.2.10 Greece ............................................................................................. 25 1.2.11 Hungary ........................................................................................... 27 1.2.12 Ireland ............................................................................................. 30 1.2.13 Italy ................................................................................................ 32 1.2.14 Latvia .............................................................................................. 33 1.2.15 Lithuania .......................................................................................... 35 1.2.16 Norway ............................................................................................ 36 1.2.17 Poland.............................................................................................. 39 1.2.18 Portugal ........................................................................................... 44 1.2.19 Romania ........................................................................................... 48 1.2.20 Russian Federation ............................................................................ 50 1.2.21 Slovakia ........................................................................................... 51 1.2.22 Slovenia ........................................................................................... 53 1.2.23 Spain ............................................................................................... 54 1.2.24 Sweden ...........................................................................................