A Charter on Space and Major Disasters map of burnt scars from the August 2003 Portuguese forest fires. The Charter was activated on 4 August by Portugal's Serviço Nacional de Bombeiros e Protecção Civil. The burnt area was approximately 45000 hectares. The burnt scars were derived from Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) imagery provided to the Charter by ESA, with higher resolution satellite images available of areas indicated.