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EFFIS - European Forest Fire Information System - supports the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in the EU and neighbor countries and provides the European Commission services and the European Parliament with updated and reliable information on wildfires in Europe.
2 de abr. de 2024 · A wildfire is an uncontrolled burn of vegetation, which includes the burning of forests, shrublands and grasslands, savannas, and croplands. Wildfires can be caused by human activity — such as arson, unattended fires, or the loss of control of planned burns — and natural causes, such as lightning.
A wildfire (or forest fire, bushfire) is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...
Global Wildfire Information System [Copy URL] European Commission; JRC EU Science Hub; DRM; GWIS; Applications; Current Situation Viewer; Map Options. Country Boundaries Layer: Human Settlement Layer: Protected Areas Layer: CCI Landcover: Forecasts. FIRE DANGER FORECAST: Source.
The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Programs. It aims at bringing together existing information sources at regional and national level in order to provide a comprehensive view and evaluation of fire regimes and fire effects at global level and to provide tools to support ...
19 de oct. de 2023 · A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation, often in rural areas. Wildfires can burn in forests, grasslands, savannas, and other ecosystems, and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years. They are not limited to a particular continent or environment.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Wildfires in 2023 reinforce the concerns that fire, air quality and carbon managers have about the impact of climate change on extreme wildfire potential and highlight the vast scale and effect...
