Education a tool to fight impending Panama forest fires

教育是对付即将发生的巴拿马森林大火的工具

Education rather than reaction is the strategy of Panama's Environment
Ministry. Miambiente to reduce forest fires in Azuero this year after at least
3.498 hectares of plant mass were destroyed in 2019.

相比于行动，教育是巴拿马环境部的战略。在2019年至少有3.498公顷的植物被毁后，今年Miambiente将减少阿祖罗的森林火灾。

The district of Ocú, in the province of Herrera, was the most affected with a
total of 20 fires. mass.

位于Herrera省的Ocu地区受灾最严重，共发生20起火灾。

Helvecia Bonilla, head of Miambiente's Department of Environmental Disasters,
said that every summer the vegetation supports these fires.

米尔比恩特环境灾难部门的负责人赫尔维希亚·博尼拉说，每年夏天，植被都“支持”着这些火灾。

Bonilla said that according to calculations of the Department of
Hydrometeorology of the Electricity Transmission Company the amount of rainfall
last year was reduced between 30% and 40%.

博尼拉说，根据输电公司水文气象部门的计算，去年的降雨量减少了30%到40%。

Based on that, the severity of the fires for this year will be high, Bonilla
said and they have begun to prepare much better than in other years.

基于此，今年火灾的严重程度将会很高，博尼拉说，他们已经开始比往年做了更好的准备。

Statistics indicate that last year across Panama, 74,830 hectares of burned
plant mass was reported in 1,177 events. and 58 were in protected areas.

统计数字表明，去年在巴拿马境内发生的1177起事件中，有74,830公顷的植物被烧毁。其中58处在保护区。

Bonilla said that this year the strategy has been changed to focus on
education.

博尼拉说，今年的战略已经改变，把重点放在教育上。

"Only education generates environmental awareness" is the motto that will be
used this year in the Miambiente campaign in the region, she said.

她说，“只有教育才能产生环境意识”将是今年在该地区的Miambiente运动中使用的座右铭。

In Herrera and other regions of the country, drones will be used to identify
critical areas.

在埃雷拉和该国其他地区，无人机将被用于识别关键地区。