More than thirty per cent of Balearic land that has been affected by fire in the past thirty years has been affected more than once, and in some cases up to five times. A remote-sensing analysis by geographer Joan Bauzá Llinas has revealed that there have been 56 fires affecting more than 50 hectares and that these equate to 80% of the land where there have been fires over the past thirty years. His study, which looks at recurring fires, finds that for larger fires of more than 500 hectares the existence of sloping land has been evident in a third of these.
Environment
Capdepera has the highest level of forest fire recurrence
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