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Spain wildfires: Decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but local economies can prevent further destruction

Every summer, forest fires sweep across Spain, dominating headlines and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This ...

Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases

Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country's most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, ...

Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned ...

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...

Spain’s wildfires ignite political spat as government searches for solutions

Joaquín Ramírez of Technosylva, a Spanish company that specialises in prevention and response to wildfires, attributed this ...
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Spain battles major fires even as heatwave eases with lower temperatures

The country’s weather agency expects temperatures to fall and humidity to rise, but adverse conditions remain in south.

Spain battles record wildfires even as temperatures begin to fall

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change ...

Wildfires scorch 30,000 more hectares in Spain

Authorities have evacuated thousands of residents from dozens of villages. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
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Spain forest fires have claimed the area the size of Mallorca

It also exceeds the area burned in 2023 - 91,220 hectares in 371 fires - and far exceeds the figures recorded in 2022, until ...