Landscape fires in the Irkutsk region: environmental impact

Abstract

The paper considers the problem of pollution of the air basin by landscape fires in the municipalities of the Baikal region. The factorological basis of the study was the taxational characteristics of natural plantings and statistical data on the consequences of landscape fires for 2014-2020. The taxation values of natural territories and consequences of landscape fires were used to formulate a methodological approach to the type and mass of burnt plant materials. The consequences of landscape fires were determined, and calculations were performed; qualitative and quantitative values of burned materials were obtained for the municipalities under study. Taking into account the specific indicators of emissions of pollutants during the burning of stands, forest combustible materials, mass values of burned forest materials, and gross emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere were determined.