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Today, the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) published the latest edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in 2021. It concludes that last year's fire season was the second worst in the EU territory in terms of burnt area (since records began in 2006), after 2017 when over 10,000 km² had burnt. More than 5,500 km² of land burnt in 2021 – more than twice the size of Luxembourg – with over 1,000 km² burnt within protected Natura 2000 areas, the EU's reservoir of biodiversity.
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| Originally Published | 02 Nov 2022 |
| Related organisation(s) | JRC - Joint Research CentreEC - European Commission |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Biodiversity | Biodiversity and healthBiodiversity and its global governance |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | biodiversityecosystem servicesforest conservationforestry policywildfiredeforestationadaptation to climate changeClimate change mitigationenvironmental impactenvironmental protectionprotected areanatural resourcesenvironmental risk prevention |
| Geographic coverage | EuropeNorth AfricaEUEuropean UnionMiddle East |
