Forest Fire (14442 ha) in Mexico 12 Apr 2024

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1019569
Countries: Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*: 12 Apr 2024 - 26 Apr 2024
Duration (days): 14
People affected: 200 in the burned area
Burned area: 14442 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 27 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Fragilidad ecológica y climas extremos, el impacto del cambio climátic ... 2024-04-29T02:35+0200.

El cambio climático ha propiciado diferentes desequilibrios ambientales que propician falta de agua, mala calidad del aire e inestabilidad en los ciclos climáticos, por lo que la Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible del Gob
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Necesario tipificar como graves los delitos contra el medio ambiente: ... 2024-04-28T06:45+0200.

Con el fin de disuadir y castigar los delitos ambientales, es necesario que México tipifique como graves los delitos contra el medio ambiente, siempre que sean con dolo, señaló la presidenta nacional del Partido Verde Ecologista de México (
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Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research: Issue 59 pu ... 2024-04-23T19:28+0200.

México’s implementation of several labor market reforms aimed to stimulate the flexibilization of labor relationships have brought long-standing concerns among scholars and governmental authorities about a displacement process of permanent
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44,000 Reasons to Phase Out Fossil Fuels2024-04-23T17:06+0200.

In 2019, we traveled with our colleagues to Michoacán, Mexico, to witness the great monarch butterfly migration. Scientists predicted that it may have been one of the last massive flourishes of this fast-dwindling phenomenon. It can only be
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),