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The maps below have been generated using MODIS
active fire data. Green lines represent protected areas
boundaries.
The MODIS
active fire data are produced by the MODIS Rapid Response
System, a collaboration between the NASA Goddard Space Flight
Centre (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD).
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Accumulated fires for May
2007. The dry season is at its peak and
the number of fires is considerable. Savanna Fires
in the southern coastal plain are very prominent.
Notice the massive amount of fires within the Guatemalan
border with cross border fires just inside the Caracol
Archaeological Reserve and more prominently in the
Chiquibul National Park further south.
Other features:
- Continued fires in the Yalbac area
north of Spanish Lookout (Agricultural expansion)
- An apparent fire in the otherwise
well protected Gallon Jug Estate
- Continued massive fires in the Mountain
Pine Ridge Forest Reserve.
These fires raged for well over one month! See image
below
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Accumulated fires for
April 2007. The dry season is now
in full swing and the number of fires is considerable.
There remains a persistent cluster of fires in the
Mango Creek Forest Reserve in the South (Savanna Fires).
Notice the fires at the Guatemalan border with cross
border fires just inside the Caracol Archaeological
Reserve.
Other features:
- A cluster of fires in the Yalbac area north of
Spanish Lookout (Agricultural expansion)
- Three clusters of fires in the Mountain Pine Ridge
Forest Reserve. |
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Accumulated fires for March
2007. The dry season is only just starting
to become serious and there are relatively few fires
still. There is a persistent cluster of fires in
the Mango Creek Forest Reserve in the South (Savanna
Fires). Notice the fires at the Guatemalan border
with cross border fires just south of Caracol.
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Mountain Pine Ridge Fires
on Landsat tm image taken May 11, 2007 (Courtesy of Emil
Cherrington - Cathalac). On the day the image was taken
approximately 18,000 acres were severely burned. The fires
then lasted for another 2 weeks! See analysis
further down.
Combining above
data (but without field-truthing) it appears that approximately
16,800 ha (42,000 acres) = 40 % of the Mountain Pine Ridge
Forest Reserve burned. See image below.
For images that are updated every few hours,
go to this Colorado State "Real-time
Satellite Rainfall and Fire Products for Central America"
site.
Read more
about fires in Belize's forest ecosystems.
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fire season
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2005 fire season
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fire season
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