France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year. The fire erupted Sunday and burned on more than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of land along the Mediterranean coast, and spread across the border into northeastern Spain. This, following France’s driest winter in over half a century. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Michel Vennetier, Member of the International Association for Mediterranean Forests and retired Researcher, Engineer, and Ecologist at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE).
Source: France24.com