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July 10, 2020
м. Київ
Large Forest Fires in Ukraine, Causes and Consequences - comment by Sergiy Zibtsev
July 10, 2020
м. Київ
They did not draw any conclusions - the ecologist criticized the authorities for the forest fires in Luhansk oblast
July 9, 2020
Ukraine
Large-scale forest fires in Luhansk region (video)
July 9, 2020
Kyiv
Sergiy Zibtsev in the Ukrainian service BBC News in London - about Wildfires in Luhansk oblast of Ukraine
July 8, 2020
Kyiv
Wildfires like in California. Luhansk region is a very dangerous region in terms of the fires - comment by Sergiy Zibtsev for BBC News Ukraine
July 8, 2020
Luganska oblast
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and additional forces of the State Emergency Service are involved in the forest fire extinguishing in the Luhansk region - report to the President
July 8, 2020
Luganska oblast
Forest Fire in Luhansk Region. What is known? (updated)
July 5, 2020
Australia
Satellite Images Show Parts Of Australia Recovering From Drought And Bushfires
July 5, 2020
Russia
Fivefold growth of forest fires in Siberia reported
June 29, 2020
Belarus
Belarusian foresters have put out 26 forest fires in the past week
June 26, 2020
Belarus
Since the beginning of this year, 801 forest fires have occurred in Belarus
June 21, 2020
Australia
The Nightcap Oak rises from the ashes
June 21, 2020
Australia
Australia had more supersized bushfires creating their own storms last summer than in previous 30 years
June 21, 2020
Portugal
How climate change is causing ‘mega-fires’ and forcing people to migrate in Portugal
June 20, 2020
Mongolia
Wildfires destroy over 200,000 hectares in Mongolia so far this year
June 20, 2020
Indonesia
Smoke risk: Scientists warn forest fires could worsen coronavirus harm
June 19, 2020
Belarus
Bans and restrictions on visiting forests have introduced in 33 regions of Belarus
June 19, 2020
Belarus
Since the beginning of this year, 790 forest fires have occurred in Belarus. The leaders are Brest and Gomel regions
June 18, 2020
Belarus
Restrictions on visiting forests remain in 9 regions of Belarus
June 9, 2020
Vienna
White Paper for policy makers "Forest fires in the Alps. State of knowledge, future challenges and options for an integrated fire management "
May 27, 2020
Belarus
The fire situation in Belarus`s forests has stabilized
May 27, 2020
India
Uttarakhand Forest Fire: Over 50 Hectare Land Gutted In 46 Wildfires, Wildlife In Danger
May 25, 2020
Ukraine
Foresters showed forests which burned this spring in Bilokorovichi
May 21, 2020
Israel
Wildfires Rage Across Israel Amid Record Breaking Heatwave
May 19, 2020
Ukraine
Forest fires and droughts in Ukraine - the beginning of climate change?
May 19, 2020
Forest fires and droughts in Ukraine - is the beginning of climate change?| DW Ukrainian
May 18, 2020
Belarus
Belarusian Polissia is also on fire
May 17, 2020
Ukraine
Why rivers dry up, forests burn and dust storms blows in Ukraine?
May 14, 2020
Ukraine
Fires as an indicator of readiness
May 11, 2020
Ukraine
MPs plans to create a working group to investigate causes of forest fires
May 5, 2020
Ukraine is on fire: forest fires
April 25, 2020
Kyiv
"Chernobyl: When fire hits a post-nuclear wilderness" - BBC News
April 24, 2020
Fire suppression in Chornobyl
April 24, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Fire in Boyarka forest
April 24, 2020
Poland
Large scale fires in national park in Poland
April 24, 2020
Kyiv
Latest VIIRS image on current situation with fires in Exclusion Zone and Zhytomyr Oblast
April 21, 2020
Kyiv
Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center invites to a webinar on Forest Management Challenges in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ)
April 21, 2020
Kirkenes, Norway
Radioactive Cesium measured up north could origin from Chernobyl forest fires
April 20, 2020
Kyiv
Interview with Sergiy Zibtsev for NBC News - "Ukraine in flames: Chernobyl wildfire highlights a dangerous tradition"
April 20, 2020
Kyiv
National Guard conducts anti-sabotage operation due to forest fires
April 20, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Post fire site control in Chernobyl. Firefighters working under the conditions of highest levels of radiation
April 18, 2020
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Fire suppression in Zhytomyr oblast
April 18, 2020
Fires in northern part of Zhytomyr Oblast
April 17, 2020
Suppression of fires in Chernobyl Zone
April 12, 2020
More than week of fighting with fires in Chornobyl
April 12, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Numerous vegetation fires during 9-11 April 2020 all over Kyiv Oblast despite large fire burning in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
April 10, 2020
Kyiv
Forecast for Movement of Air Masses Potentially Contaminated with Fires in Exclusion Zone on 10 and 11 April
April 10, 2020
Chornobyl, Ukraine
Information on Chornobyl Fire by 10-th of April 2020
April 10, 2020
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Press Release Regarding Chernobyl fire 2-10 April
April 9, 2020
Belarus
Visits of citizens to forests limited due to fire danger
April 9, 2020
Belarus
In forests of Brest Oblast Berlarus there is a high fire danger
April 8, 2020
Belarus
More than 20 fires per day in Belarus
April 8, 2020
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Forest fires with area more than 800 ha in Zhytomyr Oblast
April 6, 2020
Suppression of the Chernobyl large fire 3-6-04-20
April 5, 2020
Ukraine
Massive Grass Fires continue to burn lands and houses in Lviv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv oblasts
April 5, 2020
Ukraine
Local villager injured trying to suppress wildfire near his house
April 4, 2020
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Forest fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
April 2, 2020
Emigrantske radio
Interview with Sergiy Zibtsev and Vasyl Humeniuk on the Emigrantske radio: "Forest fires: causes, consequences and their impact on organisms"
April 1, 2020
Belarus
More 100 fires occured in Belarus during 30 March 2020
April 1, 2020
Green Post
Oleg Lystopad - Interview: Spring fires are destroying the country. The police and the authorities are impotent, the foresters are still on to protect forests
March 30, 2020
Belarus
Belarusian Emergency Service: more than 100 wildfires in ecosystems during one day
March 29, 2020
Ukraine
Firefighters asked citizens stop burning grasslands and forests
March 29, 2020
Ukraine
Numerous grass fires in Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odeska, Khmelnitska (27 fires), Zhytomirska (52), Chernihiv (39), TransCarpathian (33), Kyrovograd (11), Poltavska (39)
March 29, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Numerous grass fires are burning all over Kyiv Oblast
March 28, 2020
Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Grass Fires and strong wind ignated 5 ha of peat fire in Cherkasy Oblast
March 28, 2020
TransCarpathian Oblast, Ukraine
In TransCarpathian Oblast grassfire ignated and burn house
March 28, 2020
Kyiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
More 150 wildfires during 27 March in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
March 28, 2020
Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Grass fires burned pine regeneration on fields and ignated peat fires in Lviv Oblast
March 27, 2020
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Elder villager died due to burning grass around village
March 27, 2020
Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Good preparedness and fast response of Kherson firefighters prevent large forest fires
March 27, 2020
Rivne Oblast
Forest fire in Sarny suppressed
March 26, 2020
Belarus
Fire management in Gomel region, Belarus
March 25, 2020
Dnipro oblast, Ukraine
Grass fire ignited local electric power station in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
March 25, 2020
Czech Republic
Fire in beech forest in Czech Republic
March 25, 2020
Kyiv, Ukraine
Numerous wildfires in Kyiv parks and pre urban landscapes
March 25, 2020
Belarus
Request to citizens from Belarusian authorities: do not burn your lands
March 25, 2020
Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Large fire in Lypski Natural Reserve, Cherkasy
March 25, 2020
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Local citizen from village died during suppression the grass fire near his house
March 25, 2020
Belarus
New technologies of fire suppression will be demonstrated nera Orsha, Belarus
March 25, 2020
Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
Large scale and numerous grass fires in Odessa Oblast
March 25, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
39 grass fires burned more than 45 ha in Kyiv Oblast
March 25, 2020
Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Grass Fires burned 4,5 ha of agricultural lands in Cherkasy Oblast
March 20, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Massive and large-scale frass fires all over Kyiv Oblast during 19 of March 2020, including Kagarlyk, Rokytno, Boryspil, Bilotsrkivskii, Baryshyvskii, Stavyschanskii, Obuhivskii, Borodianskii Rayons
March 19, 2020
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
During 17 of March firefighters suppressed 92 grass fires in Kyiv Oblast with area 145 ha (Video)
March 19, 2020
TransCarpathian Oblast, Ukraine
In TransCarpathian Oblast grass fire ignated house in village
March 19, 2020
Ukraine
Foresters are preparing for the next fire season
March 18, 2020
Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Grass fire near village Smilne, Lviv Oblast was dangerously close to forest but was put out in time (Video)
March 18, 2020
Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Kherson and other Oblasts
Hundreds of grass fires burning all over Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Kherson and other Oblasts
March 18, 2020
Belarus
First forest fires detected in Belarus
March 17, 2020
Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Poltava Oblasts
Within weekend Emergency Service put out 128 grass fires all over Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Poltava Oblasts with total area more than 144 ha
March 16, 2020
Belarus
Ministry of Forestry of Belarus: our fire season extended for two month
March 13, 2020
Thailand
Keeping forest floor moist to stop fires
March 13, 2020
Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
In Kherson Oblast attempt of intentionally set of fire were prevented
March 12, 2020
herson Oblast, Ukraine
Forest fires in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine: soon there will be no one to fight fires
March 11, 2020
USA
Prescribed fire crucial for state ecosystems
March 10, 2020
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Digitalization in forest: in Korosten forestry enterprise all forests under video surveillance
March 10, 2020
Dnipro oblast, Ukraine
Dnipro Oblast: firefighters extinguished a forest fire
March 7, 2020
Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Poltava Oblast: emergency service extinguished 3 wildfires on cultural landscapes
March 6, 2020
Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Mykolaiv Oblast: fires arose with area 18 hectares on cultural landscapes
March 4, 2020
Dnipro oblast, Ukraine
In Dnipro oblast, Ukraine, 28 fires arose in natural ecosystems with area 37.2 hectares
March 3, 2020
Dnipro oblast, Ukraine
Firefighters extinguished a grass fires with area 2.5 hectares in Dnipro oblast, Ukraine
March 2, 2020
Belarus
Belarus: Abnormally warm weather can increase forest fires
March 2, 2020
California, USA
California is abnormally dry after low-precipitation winter
February 28, 2020
Havana, Cuba
Cuba reinforces management and strategy against forest fires
February 26, 2020
Australia
Bushfire royal commission to look at mitigation but not climate change
February 24, 2020
USA
Healthy Forests are the key to wildfire prevention
February 22, 2020
Mexico
Quintana Roo brigades fight first forest fire of the season
February 21, 2020
Europe
What Europe does for me: Firefighters
February 19, 2020
Lithuania
Lithuania: State Forest Enterprise has acquired 23 new vehicles for forest fire fighting
February 18, 2020
Kyiv, Ukraine
Meeting with researcher from the Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth Dr. Anna Kozlova
February 17, 2020
Portugal
Facing the flames: How Portugal is preparing for increased fire risk
February 13, 2020
Australia
Australian fires 'contained' for first time in New South Wales
February 13, 2020
Australia
Australia's climate crisis has been building for years but no one listened
February 12, 2020
Atlanta, USA
Firefighter ordered suspended without pay after trying to rescue an elderly woman from a fire
February 9, 2020
Europe
How Europe Turned Into a Perfect Landscape for Wildfires
February 7, 2020
Ukraine
Fines for violation of fire safety in the forest doubled in Ukraine
February 6, 2020
New South Wales, Australia
Australia is getting some desperately needed rain. A downpour knocked back a third of New South Wales fires in a day
February 6, 2020
Chernihiv, Ukraine
The abnormal winter provoked large-scale fires of peat bogs in Chernihiv region
February 1, 2020
Canberra, Australia
Australia fires: Canberra escapes worst as fires rage on
January 31, 2020
Australia
Australia fires: Footage shows speed fires can spread
January 23, 2020
Australia
The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires
January 23, 2020
Australia
Australia fires: What's being done to fight the flames?
January 5, 2020
Australia
Better land management is the key to restricting bushfires
December 31, 2019
GFMC, Freiburg, Germany
New Year greetings from the Global Fire Monitoring Center
December 24, 2019
Kyiv
The President approved urgent measures to prevent fires in Ukraine
December 24, 2019
Kyiv
The President approved urgent measures to prevent fires in Ukraine
November 5, 2019
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Statement of The 7th International Wildland Fire Conference (Campo Grande)
August 23, 2019
Kyiv, REEFMC
Best and warm wishes Professor Johann Georg Goldammer!
July 4, 2019
Luganska oblast, Ukraine
Mined forest is on fire in Luganska oblast
June 13, 2019
Fire Management Today
Establishment and activity of Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
April 9, 2019
Kyiv, Ukraine
2nd National Round Table on Fires in natural landscapes of Ukraine
April 9, 2019
State Enterprise "Ostersky military forestry", Chernihiv region
Representatives of forest protection of the State Enterprise "Ostersky Military Forestry" were trained to use a controlled burning
March 25, 2019
Kyiv, NULES of Ukraine
The President of Ukraine and Rector of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine have got acquainted with the exposition of Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center
March 22, 2019
Kyiv, NULES of Ukraine
Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center has applied for inclusion in the Network of European hubs for civil protection and crisis management
March 20, 2019
Rivne Nature Reserve, Sarny, Rivne region
Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center Has Developed transborder Ukrainian – Belorussian plan for fire management for the Ramsar territory “Olmany - Perebrody”
March 3, 2019
Kyiv, Ukraine
The 2nd National Round Table "Fires in the Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Ukraine: Developing a National Policy for the Wildfires Management" – announcement
February 21, 2019
Cherkasy region
Locksmith with "golden hands"
February 21, 2019
Sarny city
Training for forest firefighters in the Rivne Natural Reserve
December 19, 2018
Chornobl city
The staff of REEFMC and the forestry department of the Institute of Forestry and Park Gardening, Department of NUBiP of Ukraine presented the Pocket Guide for the Firefighters of the Exclusion Zone and held a seminar on its use.
October 24, 2018
Kyiv, Ukraine
International conference “Ecological and social challenges for the forests and forest management and possible solutions to them”
October 16, 2018
Freiburg, Germany
Sergiy Zibtsev, Professor of Forestry Department of National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine took part in the meeting of international group on forest fires in natural ecosystems
June 29, 2018
Sweet Home, Oregon, USA
Staff of the Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Centre and instructor of the Silviculture Department of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine successfully passed USFS entry level training for fire fighters
June 27, 2018
Rome, Italy
Dr. Sergiy Zibtsev, Professor of the Silviculture Department at the Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management participated in the annual reporting conference of the European FIRE-IN project
June 11, 2018
Kyiv
Acknowledgement to Sergiy Zibtsev from the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
June 7, 2018
Pripyat city, ChNPP Exclusion Zone
Forest Fire in the Chornobyl exclusion zone – “The Red Forest” is on fire
May 22, 2018
Gomel, Belarus
OSCE-supported transboundary exercise for effective joint response to wildfires in Chernobyl-affected areas held in Gomel, Belarus
May 3, 2018
Chornobyl city
Workshop on the use of the "Fire Fighter Pocket Guide"
March 27, 2018
Chernobyl city
Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center employees, Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Park Gardening, have conducted a training for the exclusion zone forest firefighters in the Chernobyl city.
March 8, 2018
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service expands efforts to improve wildfire response in Ukraine
February 26, 2018
Chornobyl city
US Forest Service District Fire Management Officer participated in training on personal safety and preparedness to fire season 2018 for forest firefighters of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
February 23, 2018
Zhytomyr city
US Forest Service District Fire Management Officer shares his experience with chief foresters from state forestry enterprises of Zhytomyr oblast
February 20, 2018
NULESU
The National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine hosted the Vth National Coordination Meeting on Prevention and Safe Suppression of Wildfires in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
October 26, 2017
NULESU
NATIONAL ROUND TABLE FIRES IN THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF UKRAINE: TOWARDS A HOLISTIC FIRE MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN FORESTS, AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS
September 23, 2017
Kharkiv region
Operational information on the fire on the territory of the Krasnogradsky Forestry of the Kharkiv region (as at 07:00 on September 23)
September 18, 2017
Odesa Oblast
A cane burns in Odesa Oblast
September 8, 2017
Kyiv
OSCE project on wildfire management in Chernobyl-affected areas convenes stakeholders from Belarus and Ukraine in Kyiv
June 28, 2017
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Workshop Assessing Wildfire Risk and Exploring Mitigation Strategies for Chernobyl Affected Landscapes
June 21, 2017
City of Energodar, Zaporizhia region
A large-scale forest fire occurred in the pine stands near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
June 13, 2017
Boyarka Forest Experimental Station
Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center of NULES of Ukraine in cooperation with Boyarka Forest Experimental Station and Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Civil Protection tested the retardants using for localization of forest fires
April 13, 2017
Chernobyl city, Kyiv region
III NATIONAL COORDINATION MEETING, FIELD / COMMAND STAFF TRAINING IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE
March 10, 2017
Freiburg, Germany
ENVIRONMENTAL LAUREATES’ CALL TO END REPRESSION AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
February 10, 2017
Boyarka city, Kyiv region
Lecture for forest workers undergoing training at the Ukrainian Center for training, retraining and advanced training of forestry
February 2, 2017
Barselona, Spain
14th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit
December 1, 2016
SECOND NATIONAL COORDINATION MEETING ON ENHANCING FIRE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE
September 30, 2016
Boyarka city, Kyiv oblast
TRAINING ON LARGE FIRE INCIDENTS MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION FOR TOP / MIDDLE LEVEL COMMANDERS IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE
September 23, 2016
Kyiv
FIRST NATIONAL COORDINATION MEETING ON ENHANCING FIRE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE
July 20, 2016
Wildfires in Ukraine 17 July 2016
April 29, 2015
