Huge Forest Fire in Las Hurdes, Spain: Correspondents’ Global Insights on Solutions for the Future

A huge fire has just been extinguished in Las Hurdes, a massif in the west of Spain, where the largest Spanish reforestation project is taking place. Over the next few years, massive replanting is planned in this region, which is the most affected by the fires. Hundreds of places burning at the same time, a record number of evacuees and a situation that could last for months: faced with historic fires, Canada is facing a colossal logistical challenge. But the aftermath is also crucial. What solutions for the future? Choice of reforestation to revive the forest from its ashes, preventive fires to protect the forest, the ancestral method “fire with fire”? Insights through this overview of our correspondents in Spain, Italy, Morocco and the United States.