Table 20. Area development of the perished forests, ha

Causes of dieoff	Year
	1978	1983	1988	1993	1998	2001
Insects	12793	8268	1753	13159	3081	15461
Damage from the wild animals	5087	3951	11859	3886	1115	651
Diseases	812	2641	1437	809	5085	7200
Antropogenic factor	66798	1512	3058	2178	8702	161467
Natural calamities	15390	39818	30190	19593	15298	11200
Forest fire	N/d	N/d	377	131607	245913	131100
Total: Area, ha	100888	56190	48674	171232	279194	327079
Share of land area covered with forest vegetation, %	0.015	0.008	0.007	0.024	0.039	0.045

Note: n/d – no data avaliable