Forests and large forest fires in the world

Authors

  • Fernando Rebelo Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_3_1

Keywords:

Forests, forest fires, risks.

Abstract

Geographers have always refered forest fires in the intertropical zone as well as in the cold and temperate zones, particularly in the Mediterranean regions. We can find different causes for the fires, but, independently of climatological risks, man is mainly responsible for them.

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Published

1996-09-21

Issue

No. 3 (1996)

Section

Articles

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