Greenpeace made a request from the administrations measures to prevent fires devastated the country that is now passing through to allocate more financial resourcestogether awareness campaigns and policies to combat climate changeamong others.
As the NGO stated, large forest fires are responsible for most of the burned areas so you see “basic” investing in the primary sector and forest management of mountains.
At this point, it is urgent to give priority to economic resources. promoting the rural economy of townsto encourage productive activities, shattered landscapes It helps reduce the risk of large forest fires spreading.
also claims preventive plans It is a fact that in high-risk areas determined by the Forest Law, it is not fulfilled because it is necessary, as reported. provide resources to municipalities. It also demands that the rules be followed. contingency plans in high-risk areas, among other claims.
Other requests, transmission of plans to citizens and request self protection plansinvest in building organized and adapted communities that take the risk of fire to prevent and reduce fire; and develop urban management that takes into account forest fire risk because there are urbanizations, homes and infrastructures in high risk areas.
As for operational services, he points out that they are neither eternal nor ubiquitous, and that high-intensity fires pose additional risks and hazards. Therefore, consider It is urgent that fire brigade operations have suitable working conditions all year round..
national security issue
According to Mónica Parrilla, campaign manager for the Greenpeace Biodiversity Area, “the dramatic fires this summer and what we’re going through these days, an environmental issue that has become a national security issue“.
“Fires of different nature require different solutions and investments in prevention to avoid dramatic situations like the one we have experienced, otherwise we could experience situations as dramatic as in Portugal, Greece or California. Forests need to be managed in the face of climate crisis; Otherwise, the flames will rule them,” he warns.
Greenpeace, the current situation climate crisis It is responsible for the evolution of fires into more dangerous, rapid and uncontrollable episodes, as it is responsible for rising temperatures, increasing heat waves and worsening periods of drought that often lead to dryness.
Also, it condemns leaving the primary sector The forest area in Spain increased by almost four million hectares between 1962 and 2019, an area equivalent to that of the Extremadura community, i.e. hectares that were not collected as forests, but rather contributed a vulnerable mass.
At this point, consider the rural environment is an opportunity to tackle climate change and biodiversity lossbut it calls for policies that protect rural populations and investments focused on facilitating the structuring of a region. sustainable resilient landscape is to maintain its continuity in the short, medium and long term.
To create these resilient communities, NGO, investments in five types of capital: social, physical, human, natural and financialwork to build up their capacities, and to use and strengthen them, inter alia, in the face of the climate emergency.