Forest fires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them Climate crisis

We are in the middle of the summer in the northern hemisphere, and we are witnessing another very fire season. In May, forest fires were burning throughout the Far East in Russia. Last month, forest fires erupted throughout Turkiye, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. Fires continue in Portugal, France and Spain. in CanadaThe fire has not stopped since April.

Satellite data indicates that the fires burn about 4 million square kilometers (1.5 million square miles) from the surface of the planet every year, including forests. It is expected that the number of forest fires will increase by 50 percent by the end of the century.

There are two main reasons for high forest fires.

First, the variable climate leads frequent and frequent heat and dry waves that dry the forests, providing an immediate source of fuel and fuel. In a course belonging to itself, the forest fires themselves and then release carbon dioxide in the air, which contributes to the climate crisis. Fires are emitted by 6,199 MEGON, of the world in the world in 2024.

Second, the way we live and use today means that we are increasingly transgressing the forests and raising the risk of forest fires. Many of these fires are started by humans for various reasons – such as neglect and land disinfection for agriculture and settlements. Urban infrastructure approaches nature, which increases the danger posed by fire on human life.

There is no doubt that the costs of forest fires for people and the planet are enormous. Forest fires destroy property, crops, companies and ways to live them and can be particularly devastating for developing countries.

But not all fires are bad.

Fires were part of the Ecological System for Hundreds of Millions of Millions, as they occur naturally on every continent except Antarctica. It can help generate and stimulate the renewal of ecosystems. They can remove garbage layers on the forest floor and add nutrients to the soil, allowing new buds to grow that provide food for birds and animals. For some plant species, the seeds depend on fires that grow.

Censorship fires – often during the cold months – is a vital way for people to prevent destroyed forest fires before they start.

For many indigenous peoples, the prescribed burning was an integral part of the land management for thousands of years, helping to curb dangerous forest fires, encourage environmental diversity and buy food by enhancing new growth and attracting grazing animals.

A A recent studyWhen the original fire was burned in the Kimberley area of Australia, it showed that the huge annual forest fires in the region had decreased to events once in the contract since the practice of practice by the traditional landowners.

The use of fire to manage sustainable resources is also one of the recommendations recommended by the organization that I work with, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the United Nations, as part of it as part of Integrated fire managementHe approaches.

Other preventive measures are also needed against forest fires, and community participation is a major strategy. Practical experience and knowledge that have been held in societies must constitute strategies and policies of integrated fire management from A to Z. This is necessary. The involvement of societies in making decisions, benefiting from local knowledge and practices, and building the ability to prevent fires, preparedness and control can reduce the risk of forest fires and build long -term elasticity.

Another layer of defense is early fire systems. By integrating drought indicators and local traditional knowledge with climatic effects, such systems predict fire mucous conditions and help planning before the fire season.

However, some fires are inevitable, and they have better monitoring mechanisms to detect fires and the appropriate fire extinguishing capacity in ready, if we want to contain forest fires before they become dangerous. In this way, the repression can occur before fires grow beyond the possibility of containment. Some countries are already doing an excellent work in monitoring fires, but this practice was not standard in others.

Maintaining a biological diversity and diverse landscape-instead of the monotonous landscape, which is exposed to the fire, created by man-can also reduce the risk of fire spread and cause damage and loss.

People should learn to live harmoniously with nature, not just bending it on their will. This means that the inhibitory development of the ecosystems exposed to the fire must be installed, given that building the new infrastructure adjacent to the wild spaces may play a major role in causing forest fires.

These strategies may seem exhausted, but they take much less resources, not to mention a fewer lives, than fighting unlimited forest fires.

With correct measures, humans can coexist with fire.

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