Between July 2022 and June 2023, Chile's area affected by wildires stood – on average – at 61.5 hectares per fire, up from 18 hectares per fire in the previous year. This represented the second-highest figure recorded since the turn of the century, only behind the 2016-2017 period, when the average extent stuck by forest fires in the South American country reached a record high of over 108 hectares per fire. The total area affected by wildfires in Chile amounted to some 429,100 hectares in 2022-2023.
Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023
(in hectares per fire)
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Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF). (November 27, 2023). Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in hectares per fire) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/
Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF). "Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in hectares per fire)." Chart. November 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/
Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF). (2023). Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in hectares per fire). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/
Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF). "Average Area Affected by Wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in Hectares per Fire)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/
Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in hectares per fire) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Average area affected by wildfires in Chile from 2000 to 2023 (in hectares per fire) [Graph], Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), November 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387766/average-area-affected-by-wildfires-chile-timeline/
