Forest Fire (32314 ha) in Russian Federation 25 Apr 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1000236
Countries: Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*: 25 Apr 2021 - 11 May 2021
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 32314 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Reindeer herders on the tundra near the community of Andryushkino in Arctic Russia. (Courtesy Snowchange Cooperative) The oral histories of nomadic Indigenous Peoples in Siberia are helping to unlock the full impact of climate change on Arc
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Arctic fires, thawing permafrost pose growing threat to climate, a new ... Tue, 18 May 2021 21:12:00 +0200.

The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires release greenhouse gases that are not fully accounted for in global emissions agreements, a study said on Monday. As tem
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Arctic fires, thawing permafrost pose growing threat to climate, a new ... Tue, 18 May 2021 20:19:00 +0200.

The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires release greenhouse gases that are not fully accounted for in global emissions agreements, a study said on Monday. As tem
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),