A total of 840 forest fires have registered until May 22, 2025, according to data provided by the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction, (CONRED).
The information provided by the entity indicates that The departments in which more fires have been recorded They are: Guatemala with 231; Petén, 219; Quiché, 206; Huehuetenango, 97 and Sacatepéquez, 87. The data also indicates that Quiché is the one with the highest number of hectares affected with 5,789.
In terms of general data, the CONREM reports that the control and liquidation of 1,444 fires throughout the country has been achieved, and satellite monitoring is constant Laureano Conred spokesman.
Due to the heat wave that is affecting the national territory and that can also influence the proliferation of fires in different parts of the country, the Conred also recommends that the population avoid agricultural burning or rubs in the areas that have too much slope and stay informed through the official channels of the Conred and the National Institute of Sismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, (Insivume) or disaster at number 119.
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In 50 years Guatemala lost half of his forests
50 years ago, 70.2% of national territory was forest, but forest coverage has been decreasing, to the point that by 2020 reached 33.3%. Of 7.5 million hectares that were in 1970 went to 3.6 million hectares in the year of the Covid-19 Pandemia, and it is likely that to date the extension is less.
That green space protects the biological diversity of the country and is in danger. INAB and CONAP presented in February 2023 the forest coverage map, with which it was evidenced that Petén, Sacatepéquez and Quiché are the three departments that have the most forests and are between 45.7% and 37.5%, while Jutiapa, Jalapa and Chiquimula are those that have the lowest national coverage.