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Olive Press News Spain Share \n');document.write('\n \n\n');} A FARM in Spain’s Andalucia has become the epicentre of a new project to reintroduce the European bison back into the region after an absence of thousands of years. The conservation project has been centered around a farmstead in Encinarejo, a small municipality in the Sierra de Andujar natural park, a stunning area around one hour north east of Cordoba city and already home to successful wolf and lynx colonies. The bison, around 10 individuals, were were specifically chosen for their genetics and were transported from Polan...

Eat, roam, repeat: Can the bison’s big appetite stop Spain’s forest fires? Stephen Burgen in Barcelona © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: agefotostock/Alamy As the temperatures begin to rise, Spain is braced for another summer of the forest fires that over the past 10 years have destroyed about 741,000 hectares (1.8m acres) of forest. Last year, fires consumed 45,000 hectares according to government estimates, the year before 60,000 hectares, and there are signs that, as in California and Australia, the fires are becoming more frequent and more intense. © Photogr...

Wed 14 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT As the temperatures begin to rise, Spain is braced for another summer of the forest fires that over the past 10 years have destroyed about 741,000 hectares (1.8m acres) of forest. Last year, fires consumed 45,000 hectares according to government estimates, the year before 60,000 hectares, and there are signs that, as in California and Australia, the fires are becoming more frequent and more intense. Climate change and rural depopulation are among the factors driving an increase in Spain’s forest fires, says Mónica Parrilla, who is responsible for Greenpeace�...