Wildfires and drought
Croatia
Has had a severe split wildfire in July 2017. According to this article the split wildfire that occurred in July 2017 is a very good example of the wildfire-urban interface characteristics which includes the rapid growth and down slope spread to the coastal area that is populated. Just between 2001- 2021 Croatia has lost about 5.76 kha of the trees that where covering from fires and 81.9kha from all the other drivers loss. The years that had a significant lost of trees was 2004 with a 757kha which is about 11% of the trees what where lost due to fires.
According to the Forest Fires article within the last past 10 years their has been 330 fires and about 19 of the forest and woodland area where burnt. During the summer months is when it is more highly to have a fire occur. This is located on the Croatian Adriatic Coast.One of the months that is high for the fires is the month of August. Their is droughts that occur every three to five years on an average. It is also dependable on the duration and intensity. Dry weather and damaged ecosystem with accumulation of dead biomass increase the risk of forest fires and therefore increased climate variability will augment the risk of forest fires (\weather and damaged ecosystem with accumulation of dead biomass increase the risk of forest fires and therefore increased climate variability will augment the risk of forest fires (5
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/3143/2022/
https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/HRV/?
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