{"id":7607,"date":"2023-09-27T18:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/?post_type=project&p=7607"},"modified":"2024-12-05T20:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:14:24","slug":"conversations-03-can-mega-fires-be-prevented-in-galicia","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/en\/proyectos\/mega-fires-beyond-extinction\/conversations-03-can-mega-fires-be-prevented-in-galicia\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations #03: Can mega fires be prevented in Galicia?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Galicia there are almost one and a half million hectares of wooded forest land, an area that grows every year due to rural abandonment, mainly in the provinces of Lugo and Ourense. This growth of forest mass, combined with the effects of the climate crisis, cause megafires to become more and more frequent. Last year two of these fires, occurring in O Courel and Valdeorras, became the largest in the history of Galicia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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In the third installment of the Sonda Internacional Conversations<\/em> series, Rosa Mosquera, professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela and expert in agroforestry systems, and Juan Picos, professor and researcher at the School of Forestry Engineering of Pontevedra, talk about both innovative and traditional methods used to reduce flammable landscapes in Galicia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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In this talk they address the use of fire through controlled burning, which has been practiced in Galicia for centuries and which forms part of the region\u2019s fire culture. The two explore its historical importance, its usefulness and the need to adapt it to the current conditions of the Galician mountains. And they address the Nature Restoration Law<\/a>, a law \u2013 approved in July by the European Parliament \u2013 which proposes to restore crucial ecosystems in the face of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, as more than 80% of habitats in Europe are in a poor state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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