Experts blame climate change, poor forest management for growing wildfire damage

A shepherd watches a fire burning a wheat field between Tabara and Losacio, during the second heatwave of the year, in the province of Zamora, Spain, July 18, 2022. REUTERSPIX: The record-breaking heat wave that has gripped Portugal in recent days is the harbinger of climate change and the wildfires are mostly due to poor forest management, experts here agree.

In addition to climate change, he said that in Portugal farming and forestry are not properly integrated due mostly to the population’s migration to the country’s coastal regions. “Climate analyses point to evapotranspiration and the marked decrease in rainfall as the main culprits behind global warming,“ he said.

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