Dynamics of fires in specially protected areas
Abstract
The article presents the dynamics of fires in wetlands of international importance in the Republic of Belarus for the period 2001–2020. The wetlands with a high total area of fires (the total area of fires is more than 10 000 hectares) includes five lands, five territories are characterized by a relatively average area of fires (the total area of fires is from 10 000 hectares to 1000 hectares), nine wetlands have a low area of fires (the total area of fires is less than 1000 hectares), seven Ramsar territories have fires for the period under review has not been identified (wetlands "Servech", "Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve", "Dikoe Fen Mire", "Vygonoshchanskoe", "Drozhbitka – Svina", "Kotra", "Duleby Islands – Zaozerye"). The wetlands "Vileity", "Vydritsa", "Golubitskaya Pushcha", "Morochno", "Osveisky", "Podvelikiy Moh", "Polesskaya valley of the Bug River", "Svislochsko-Berezinsky" are characterized by damage to ecosystems by fires only in isolated years. The largest area of fires was identified on the territory of the wetland "State Landscape Zakaznik "Srednyaya Pripyat" (the total area of fires is 42 474 hectares).
During the study period, the largest area of fires in all wetlands was in 2002 – 46 222 hectares (fires were recorded on seven wetlands). No fires were detected in 2007. In the dynamics of fires at the wetlands, separate periods with the largest number of them can be distinguished: 2002–2004, 2011–2015 and 2018–2020. In 2020, fires were recorded only on five wetlands.
About the Authors
A. M. Paliukhovich
Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Andrei M. Paliukhovich – Lecturer, Department of Physical Geography of the World and Educational Technologies
Leningradskaya Str., 16, 220030, Minsk
D. G. Grummo
Belarusian State University; Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Dmitry G. Grummo – Ph. D. (Biology), Associate Professor, Director; Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Geography of the World and Educational Technologies
Akademicheskaya str., 27, 220072, Minsk; Leningradskaya Str., 16, 220030, Minsk
N. A. Zelenkevich
Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Natalia A. Zelenkevich – Ph. D. (Biology), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher
Akademicheskaya Str., 27, 220072, Minsk
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Paliukhovich A.M., Grummo D.G., Zelenkevich N.A. Dynamics of fires in specially protected areas. Nature Management. 2024;(2):79-87. (In Russ.)
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