UNDRO 91/0307
COLOMBIA - FIRE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
8 FEBRUARY 1991

1. FIRE SWEPT FOR LAST FIVE DAYS THROUGH RESERVE SIERRA DE LA MACARENA, SOME 150 KM (90 MILES) SOUTHEAST OF BOGOTA.

2. ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES, FIRE NOW EXTINGUISHING, PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTORS (CANO YARUMALES, RIO GUAYABERO).

3. AFFECTED AREAS OVERFLOWN: THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF FOREST LOST, RARE ANIMAL SPECIES THREATENED. HOWEVER, NO FULL EVALUATION OF DAMAGES YET MADE.

4. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE LIAISING WITH GOVERNMENT (NATIONAL OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISASTERS - ONAD) AND DONOR EMBASSIES ON REMEDIAL ACTIONS. NATIONAL OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZING MOVEMENTS OF FIRE FIGTHING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND PROTECTION OF SURROUNDING AREAS.

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UNDRO 91/0350

COLOMBIA - FIRE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
14 FEBRUARY 1991

1. FIRE IN MACARENA RESERVE EXTINGUISHED.

2. ACCORDING TO UPDATED GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION, A SOUTHERN AREA 40 KM LONG AND 7,5 KM WIDE, COVERING 30,000 HECTARES OF WOODS AND PRAIRIES WAS AFFECTED. RESERVE ALREADY SUFFERING FROM WIDESPREAD DEFORESTATION.

3. GOVT HAS REQUESTED UNDP TO CO-ORDINATE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO COVER REHABILITATION NEEDS, WHICH ARE BEING ASSESSED. UNEP ALSO APPROCHED AND INVESTIGATING WAYS OF SUPPORT WITH DONORS.

4. THIS IS THE LAST INFORMATION REPORT ON THIS DISASTER.

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