Tag: wildfires

After the catastrophic wildfires that engulfed North Macedonia's forests last year, the situation with wildfire prevention in the country this year has improved drastically. During the first 6 months of 2022, 69 wildfires were registered and an area of 733.02 hectares was burned, with 4 621 cubic meters of wood damaged, the Public Enterprise (PE) "Nacionalni shumi" (National Forests)...

The Council of the Municipality of Berovo unanimously adopted the initiative to rename a street in Berovo with the name of the Slovenian firefighter Žan Kofol. He was one of the symbols in the fight against the forest wildfires in the Maleshevo area this past summer. The initiative for renaming a street in Berovo after the Slovenian fireman was submitted...

North Macedonia must invest in the prevention of wildfires and illegal logging, equip the firefighting brigades with new vehicles and more personnel, modernize the Forest Rangers and the forestry units and introduce new technologies for the protection of the forests. These were the main conclusions from the public debate titled "Dealing with the threats to the forests: Institutional capacities,"...

North Macedonia invests too little in the protection of the forests, and the end result of this negative phenomenon is the destruction of vast areas with trees. In the past 5 years, the expenditures and the investments for the protection of the forests in North Macedonia were only MKD 29,516,000 i.e. modest €480,000. In the meantime, the big forest...

The Director of the Directorate for Protection and Rescue, Adnan Dzaferovski said that nine fires are active across the country and being put out with "Air tractors There were photographs on the social media that were made from a satellite and it can be seen the smoke from the fires in Macedonia. "Up to this moment, the Direction has received many...