This is the seventh u0093Forest Fires in Europeu0094 report published by the European Commission. The report is normally published in summer of the following year in order to allow the different countries to compile official statistics of the fire season regarding the total number of forest...

The Forest Fires in Europe 2005 report is an edition of the information reported by the Member States with the statistics and analysis of the fire season of 2005. It also includes the information produced by the European Forest Fire Information System regarding the Fire Danger Forecast in Europe...

The present second report on forest fires in Southern Europe builds upon statistical data provided by the Member States, i.e. data for the burnt area and numbers of forest fires occurred in the period 1980 to 2001. Its objective is to provide an overview on the latest evolution of forest fires...

Within the EU, the Steppic Region is found only in one Member State: Romania. It begins east of the capital city of Bucharest and incorporates the entire eastern region known as Dobrogea. It is characterised by low-lying plains and undulating hills or plateaus with an average height of 200–300...

The Pannonian Region is dominated by a large fl at alluvial basin that is transected from north to south by two major rivers – the Danube and Tisza. Once an ancient inland sea, the basin is almost completely enclosed on all sides by low-lying hills and mountains. To the north and east lie the...