1. 2002.03.18 – 03.21 20 aimag Wind speed > 16m/s: 217 soum > 28m/s: 31 soum > 28m/s: 31 soum Maximum Duration: 68 hours Losses: 3 person 53000 livestock 2.1 billion tugrigs

2. FOREST: 12.5 mln.ha - 8.1% (Larch, pine, cedar, birch, fir, spruce, saxaul) GRASSLAND:70% 55.3% - fire risk zone 98,5% of forest – fire risky During period of : 1963 – 2001 5208 fires 76.3 million hectares burnt FOREST FIRES: 60 - 70 times/year STEPPE FIRES: 80 - 100 times/year

3. 1996-2001: 24.1% or 1255 fires 5208 fires 1996-2001: 1996-2001: 47.6% or 36.3 mln. ha. 76.3 mln. ha.

4. 200120001999 1996 1998 1997

5. 16.2% more than 3 years Source: ICC, Ministry of Natural Environment