The fires recently in areas of the Botanical Garden of Pinar del Río They did not harm the more than 1000 species of the flora present in the place, some of them endemic.
But, the three sinister registered during the last eight days They have fired alarms between the authorities of the center, as they devoured almost a thousand square meters in the basin of some of the two rivers that surround itaccording to a note Published by the newspaper Granma.
In less than eight days, three fires have affected the Botanical Garden of Pinar del Río, apparently caused by social indisciplines.
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Jesús Alfonso Martínez, director of the institution, told the environment that thanks to the alert system, and from which the protection agents and the center’s workers’ guard are part
“In all cases it has been possible to detect the fire shortly after having generated, which has facilitated its extinction,” said the official. However, he stressed that The most recent, which occurred last Tuesday, needed the work of the Fire Department for control.
“We had to open gaps between the collections areas and the brave cane, which are very close, and try to make the latter fall on them, because if they happen, they could affect them,” he said.
At the management of the manager, The origin of these fires would be associated with poaching and social indisciplines, Therefore, surveillance work has increased with the help of the ranger body.
The Botanical Garden of Pinar del Río is a member of the World Network of Institutions of its kind, and was created with a phytogeographic distribution of the fundamental areas of Pinar del Río, adds the publication.
The fires in the center are part of the increase in these facts in the territory during the yearaccording to the figures managed by the local radio station Radio Guama on its Facebook profile.
The province has suffered 43 forest fires during the first four months of 2025which have affected more than 500 hectares, mainly of pine forests.
According to this medium, the figures are higher than those registered during the same period of the previous year, and highlights the latent danger that they increase in the middle of the highest risk phase, which concludes next May.
Alexander Pereda Burón, head of the body of rangers in Pinar del Río, indicated that most fires are caused by human action.
In turn, he stressed that only 12% of the fires were caused by natural phenomena, such as the fall of rays.
93% of the accidents that occurred to date were controlled before they extended beyond five hectares, according to statistics.
