Proveneya & Nahiara · Updated Saturday, September 5, 2026

Wildfires 2026 — daily update. Pollinators are victims too — and they deserve to be counted. They are the great unknown of these fires, absent from the reporting.

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Europe

  • Spain - 295,720 ha burned through September 2 (EFFIS/Copernicus), 45.6% of all EU burned area; third worst season in 30 years. Italy has 543 fires, Spain 433 and France 357.
  • Croatia - Omis: 900-1,000 ha burned, 1 dead, 36-40 injured and over 2,000 evacuated.
  • Germany and Greece - Serious fires in Hurtgenwald and Boeotia; 1,800 and over 1,000 evacuations respectively.
  • France - 98,000-116,000 ha burned, a 20-year satellite-record range. Portugal: Viseu burned about 13,000 ha.
  • Italy - 40,000 to over 100,000 ha depending on source; Sicily and Calabria are worst hit.
  • European Union - 647,375 ha burned through September 2; 2026 is the fourth worst year on record.

Africa

  • Algeria - 154 fires in 24 hours at peak; 6 deaths and about 150 homes affected in Annaba.

Asia

  • Turkey - About 95,000 ha burned, seven times the historical average.
  • Russia (Siberia) - About 600,000 ha burned in 2026.

North America

  • Canada - 3,848 fires and 2.92 million ha burned; Thunder Bay 36 has burned 314,000 ha and remains uncontained.
  • United States - Fire alert raised to maximum level.

South America

  • Ecuador - At least 300 ha burned in Cotacachi-Cayapas; over 4,000 ha burned nationally in early August.
  • Brazil - 1.76 million ha and 4,682 fire events in 2026.

Oceania

  • Australia - Over 400,000 ha burned in Victoria in January; the southern-summer season has passed.

Global context

Sources: MITECO, EFFIS/Copernicus, Global Wildfire Information System, national civil-protection agencies, CIFFC, Ecuador SNGR, Brazil Ministry of Environment, AFAC/NEMA, Greenpeace Spain, NOAA and Copernicus Marine Service.

Youth Citizens’ Assembly on PollinatorsRead the European Commission report in your language

All Pollinators
Day 2026

All Pollinators Day 2026

Draw the flower and its pollinator

Public trilingual event page for Scientix and international sharing. One canonical, permanent URL to share.

This event is listed in the Scientix events calendar (European Schoolnet)
Date

21 June 2026

21 June 2026

11:00 - 14:00 h

Location

La Blanca, Sardina del Sur

Santa Lucia de Tirajana, Gran Canaria

La Blanca - Sardina del Sur - Santa Lucia de Tirajana, Gran Canaria

Audience

Open to all

Open to all

Free - No registration required

Event
Dia de Todos los Polinizadores 2026 event poster

Central activity

Draw the flower
and its pollinator

Children and families draw a flower and the pollinator that visits it, discovering the bond between them and why they matter.

Global participation

Open from anywhere in the world

The call is open to anyone from anywhere in the world. People who cannot attend in person can submit their works through the link already enabled for this purpose on the website.

Submit your work

Manifesto

Day of All Pollinators Manifesto

Read the manifesto for the Day of All Pollinators, a public declaration connecting flowers, pollinators, education and shared care for biodiversity.

Open PDF

Short film

Discover Universo Nahiara

The short film gives Scientix visitors a direct visual entry into Universo Nahiara before the event day, connecting flowers, pollinators, culture and education in under a few minutes.

Event day

La Blanca, in full bloom

A visual record of the Day of All Pollinators in La Blanca: families, children, institutional visitors, and the collective mural of flowers and pollinators created on 21 June 2026.

La Blanca embraces the Day of All Pollinators - 21 June 2026 - Sardina del Sur, Santa Lucia de Tirajana

La Blanca embraces the Day of All Pollinators - 21 June 2026 - Sardina del Sur, Santa Lucia de Tirajana

Draw Your Country's Flower and Your Favourite Pollinator - All ages, all origins, one shared world

Draw Your Country's Flower and Your Favourite Pollinator - All ages, all origins, one shared world

Paper Flower Workshop - Guardians of the Flowers card game as reference - Day of All Pollinators

Paper Flower Workshop - Guardians of the Flowers card game as reference - Day of All Pollinators

Institutional visit - The Mayor of Santa Lucia de Tirajana and the Councillor for Citizen Participation with the Association's Board of Directors - Also present: Alexandra, member of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators of the European Commission; young people like her give real voice and visibility to initiatives like this one - 21 June 2026

Institutional visit - The Mayor of Santa Lucia de Tirajana and the Councillor for Citizen Participation with the Association's Board of Directors - Also present: Alexandra, member of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators of the European Commission; young people like her give real voice and visibility to initiatives like this one - 21 June 2026

Alexandra, member of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators of the European Commission, with Matias Gonzalez, creator of Universo Nahiara - Alexandra painted the Canarian lizard, a documented pollinator of the endemic flora of the Canary Islands, and received her Diploma as Guardian of the Flowers - 21 June 2026

Alexandra, member of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators of the European Commission, with Matias Gonzalez, creator of Universo Nahiara - Alexandra painted the Canarian lizard, a documented pollinator of the endemic flora of the Canary Islands, and received her Diploma as Guardian of the Flowers - 21 June 2026

Closing of the Day of All Pollinators - The Board of Directors of the International Association for the Defence of Flowers beside the collective mural of flowers and pollinators from around the world - La Blanca, Sardina del Sur - 21 June 2026 - All artworks will be available soon at the dedicated link

Closing of the Day of All Pollinators - The Board of Directors of the International Association for the Defence of Flowers beside the collective mural of flowers and pollinators from around the world - La Blanca, Sardina del Sur - 21 June 2026 - All artworks will be available soon at the dedicated link

Children's artworks

Forty-one sheets, one moving garden

The drawings now move like an exhibition table: three works in view, numbered from the first sheet, with the curatorial note kept beside each image. Hover to pause the reel.

Draw Your Country's Flower21 June 2026La Blanca - Sardina del Surwww.asociacionnahiara.org

Event archive

More moments from La Blanca

Additional photographs from the shared event folder, kept as a compact visual archive beside the main story of the day.

Additional event photo 1 from the Day of All Pollinators 2026 in La Blanca
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Public event · 21 June 2026

All Pollinators Day

"Draw the flower and its pollinator"

Universo Nahiara · Asociacion Internacional en Defensa de las Flores (Proveneya & Nahiara)

A day to celebrate the world's pollinators. In the central activity, "Draw the flower and its pollinator," children and families draw a flower and the pollinator that visits it, discovering the bond between them and why they matter. Art, science and biodiversity in one STE(A)M experience - inspiring care through wonder, not alarm.

Date
21 June 2026
11:00 - 14:00 h
Location
La Blanca, Sardina del Sur - Santa Lucia de Tirajana, Gran Canaria
La Blanca - Sardina del Sur - Santa Lucia de Tirajana, Gran Canaria
Audience
Free - No registration required
Info
contacto@asociacionnahiara.org
asociacionnahiara.org

Organised by

Universo Nahiara - Asociacion Internacional en Defensa de las Flores (Proveneya & Nahiara)

With

  • Asociacion de Vecinos Yniguaden de La Blanca Cercados Bolanos
  • Concejalia de Participacion Ciudadana del Ayuntamiento de Santa Lucia de Tirajana

Information status

The event will take place from 11:00 to 14:00 h in La Blanca, Sardina del Sur. Participation is free and no registration is required.

Organised by

Universo Nahiara

Universo Nahiara - International Association for the Defence of Flowers (Proveneya & Nahiara), with the Asociacion de Vecinos Yniguaden de La Blanca Cercados Bolanos and the Concejalia de Participacion Ciudadana del Ayuntamiento de Santa Lucia de Tirajana.

Info

contacto@asociacionnahiara.org

Website

asociacionnahiara.org