The forest fires that have taken place in recent days in Asturias, Castilla y León and Galicia have been charged already four victims. Most of these forest fires have been caused by humans for various purposes.
Ecologists ask and demand that adequate measures be put in place and that the means that are responsible for ending impunity and a greater effort to the prevention of these forest fires. What happens to these arson?
Wildfire surge
Environmentalists say that although climate change, droughts and higher temperatures are causing fires, arsonists take advantage of the nights to set fire to forests. Given that the number of adequate means to be able to identify the culprits well, it is very difficult to stop them and that the weight of the law falls on them.
Although in the environmental penal code there is a condemnation 20 years in prison for arsonMalpractices are still being carried out, such as stubble burning without permission or administrative supervision and in adverse weather conditions, which may help the appearance of a fire.
In Galicia, there are almost twenty points with situation two - of real risk for populated areas - due to fires, while in Asturias the fires threaten small towns of Cangas del Narcea and the Muniellos Biosphere Reserve.
Prevent fires
In order to reduce the consequences of these fires, the first thing to consider is that they must be avoided. Therefore, increasing prevention actions for these fires is of vital importance.
The solution to these problems is a change in the forest management model, a change in the development model and an active preventive policy. Keep in mind that a euro invested in prevention is worth more than a thousand euros in extinction. In addition, with the drought that Spain is suffering, the expenditure of water resources for extinguishing fires only makes our situation worse.
As you can see, there are many environmental problems caused by fires and it is something that is difficult to stop.