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Areas burnt by wildfires

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Prod-ID: DAT-255-en

Created 07 Jul 2021 Published 14 Feb 2022 Last modified 28 Mar 2022

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

Areas burnt by wildfires (2000-2017), Jan. 2020 This vector dataset presents the extent of areas in European countries directly affected by wildfires (period 2000-2017). This dataset can be used as one of the indications where the danger of wildfires may persist or increase in the future under the changing climate.

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Geographic accuracy:

Resolution: 250 m

Rights:

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Methodology:

The burnt areas were obtained as polygons from the “European Forest Fire Information System-EFFIS” (http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu) provided by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). The polygons were dissolved in order to create one layer for all the years; therefore, if an area has been affected by fires on multiple occasions, it will just present as affected by fires.
Data can be downloaded also from: https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/applications/data-and-services/

Data sources

The dataset is one of the output of the “European Forest Fire Information System-EFFIS” (http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu) provided by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

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Geographic coverage

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden