Table 3. Forest and fire area (km²) and fire rates per region/protection group.

	Protection class	Forest pixels	Fire pixels	Fire rate*	fire rate relative to never protected**
LAC	Never	4,269,718	317,608	0.0744
	Strict (I–IV)	472,676	7,597	0.0161	−0.0583
	Multi-use (V–VI)	533,549	16,245	0.0304	−0.0439
	Unknown	30,405	646	0.0212	−0.0531
	Indigenous	359,914	5,414	0.0150	−0.0593
Africa	Never	2,118,157	128,499	0.0607
	Strict (I–IV)	142,169	2,538	0.0179	−0.0428
	Multi-use (V–VI)	21,705	654	0.0301	−0.0305
	Unknown	54,088	3,393	0.0627	0.0021
Asia	Never	3,147,000	172,212	0.0547
	Strict (I–IV)	216,859	9,801	0.0452	−0.0095
	Multi-use (V–VI)	76,683	2,810	0.0366	−0.0181
	Unknown	35,315	495	0.0140	−0.0407

*The simple proportion of forest pixels that experience one or more fires.

**fire rate for unprotected pixels less fire rate for the PA category.