10:28 am, Saturday, 4 October 2025

SPAIN’S TOUGH WILDFIRE SUMMER REIGNITES FOREST POLICY DEBATE

Sarakhon Report

Calls for prevention spending

After one of its worst wildfire seasons in decades, Spain faces renewed pressure to invest in prevention, from controlled burns and better land management to rural staffing. Images from Galicia and other regions underscore how heat, drought and fuel buildup turned forests into tinderboxes.

Wildfires in Spain's Galicia region

Balancing ecology and livelihoods

Experts argue for year-round budgets that support grazing, thinning and resilient replanting, alongside early-warning tech. Policymakers also weigh compensation for rural communities, whose stewardship can lower long-term fire risk.

Spain's worst wildfires in 30 years throw spotlight on prevention investments

 

Wildfires in Spain

 

05:12:56 pm, Monday, 29 September 2025

SPAIN’S TOUGH WILDFIRE SUMMER REIGNITES FOREST POLICY DEBATE

05:12:56 pm, Monday, 29 September 2025

Calls for prevention spending

After one of its worst wildfire seasons in decades, Spain faces renewed pressure to invest in prevention, from controlled burns and better land management to rural staffing. Images from Galicia and other regions underscore how heat, drought and fuel buildup turned forests into tinderboxes.

Wildfires in Spain's Galicia region

Balancing ecology and livelihoods

Experts argue for year-round budgets that support grazing, thinning and resilient replanting, alongside early-warning tech. Policymakers also weigh compensation for rural communities, whose stewardship can lower long-term fire risk.

Spain's worst wildfires in 30 years throw spotlight on prevention investments

 

Wildfires in Spain