Forest fire season. Now, its up to people like enric sapes to prevent outbreaks of large fires. Hes part of a special task force. And he is alarmed. Forests in spain have lost much of their natural powers of defense. Climate change has significantly weakened the countrys tree population. Thats why in well wooded areas like catalonia, much is being done to improve the forests resistance. The roads are dry and dusty, and its hot 35 degrees celcius. Enric sapes is scouting the catalan forests with his special unit on a mission to prevent forest fires. heatwaves are becoming stronger and more frequent. We can only try to stop fires from spreading by observing and responding fast. in the first half of 2023, almost seventy thousand hectares of forest burnt down thats an area greater than all of madrid. Of all the land burnt by wildfires in the eu, over half is in spain. Enric is very concerned. He checks the soil for moisture. And keeps finding the same result its dry down deep into the eart
Forest fire season. Now, its up to people like enric sapes to prevent outbreaks of large fires. Hes part of a special task force. And he is alarmed. Forests in spain have lost much of their natural powers of defense. Climate change has significantly weakened the countrys tree population. Thats why in well wooded areas like catalonia, much is being done to improve the forests resistance. The roads are dry and dusty, and its hot 35 degrees celcius. Enric sapes is scouting the catalan forests with his special unit on a mission to prevent forest fires. heatwaves are becoming stronger and more frequent. We can only try to stop fires from spreading by observing and responding fast. in the first half of 2023, almost seventy thousand hectares of forest burnt down thats an area greater than all of madrid. Of all the land burnt by wildfires in the eu, over half is in spain. Enric is very concerned. He checks the soil for moisture. And keeps finding the same result its dry down deep into the eart
Forest fire season. Now, its up to people like enric sapes to prevent outbreaks of large fires. Hes part of a special task force. And he is alarmed. Forests in spain have lost much of their natural powers of defense. Climate change has significantly weakened the countrys tree population. Thats why in well wooded areas like catalonia, much is being done to improve the forests resistance. The roads are dry and dusty, and its hot 35 degrees celcius. Enric sapes is scouting the catalan forests with his special unit on a mission to prevent forest fires. heatwaves are becoming stronger and more frequent. We can only try to stop fires from spreading by observing and responding fast. in the first half of 2023, almost seventy thousand hectares of forest burnt down thats an area greater than all of madrid. Of all the land burnt by wildfires in the eu, over half is in spain. Enric is very concerned. He checks the soil for moisture. And keeps finding the same result its dry down deep into the eart
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