Forest Fires

Forest fires have a lot of negative effects. Here are just a few:

• Forest fires release tons of CO2 (carbon dioxide), CH4 (methane) and other pollutants into the atmosphere.
• Forest fires cause lots of health problems like bronchitis, pneumonia, respiratory problems, asthma, and burns.
• Forest fires burn millions of hectares of land.

You can help stop forest fires. Nine out of ten forest fires are caused by people.