Mapping the conditions for environmental improvement in a European context

INTRODUCTION

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATEN ON THE WORLD

ARE THE FOREST FIRES

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A DESOLATING SEASON

IN SPAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH WEST OF

THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

AND IS VERY RELATED WITH FOREST FIRES

CAUSES OF DEFORESTATIONTHERE ARE FIVE MAIN CAUSES FOR

DEFORESTATION

FROM 74.000 TO 93.000 KM2 ARE

CUTTING EVERY YEAR ON THE

WORLD

EVERY YEAR AN AREA OF TREES

SIMILAR TO PANAMA IS

DESTROYED FOR CATTLE RAISING

DISCONTROLLED

URBANIZATION

TREE DISEASES

AND …

FOREST FIRES

SPAIN IS ON FIREthe most of fires are in the North West area

FROM 2000 TO 2016

GALICIA HAS BEEN DEVASTATED MORE THA N ONE HUNDRED FIRES IN A WEEK IN OCTOBER OF

2017

our region

Merida is in the middle of Extremadura

BURNT AREA IN SPAIN

Galicia 30%

Andalucía 13 %

Extremadura 10%

1995 WAS THE WORST YEAR

250.000 Ha were fired

FIRED AREA IN SPAIN

thanks to the public

investments in the fight

against the fire

FOREST FIRES CONSEQUENCES

LOSS OF

BIODIVERSITY

EROSION AND

DESERTIFICATION

POLLUTION OF

WATER AND SOIL OF

THE AREA

INCREASE OF THE

GLOBAL WARMING

EFFECTS

Climate change is

increasing because of

fires

ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL

CONSEQUENCES

Properties and

economical activities

are destroyed by fires

THE MOST OF FIRES ARE CAUSED BY THE HUMAN BEING (98%)

small instances of negligences

and

pyromaniacs

is not only an economical or political matter

Our project is committed to this goal

Mapping the conditions for environmental improvement in a European context