2023-08-17 00:55:38
The abandonment of garbage in nature (basuraleza) increases the risk of fire in natural areas during the summer season, as warned by the Libera Project –SEO/BirdLife initiative in alliance with Ecoembes– which also emphasizes that cigarette butts poorly put out cigarettes are a “direct risk of fire”.
Poorly put out cigarettes have already burned more than 40,000 forest hectares between 1999 and 2019 in Spain
According to reforesta associationpoorly put out cigarettes have already burned more than 40,000 hectares of forests between 1999 and 2019 in Spain, which is why Libera has launched a message of prevention against forest fires and has asked the public for responsibility, with initiatives such as #MiPuebloSinBasuraleza or garbage collection campaigns such as 1m2 against garbage o dissemination of awareness programs such as Free Classrooms or the Sponsorships of Natural Spaces.
Aerosols or glass, like other materials, are more likely to cause ignition, due to their ease of exploding at high temperatures or acting like a magnifying glass in sunlight.
Likewise, from Libera they have pointed out aerosols or glass as other materials more likely to cause ignition, due to their ease of exploding at high temperatures or that they act like a magnifying glass under sunlight respectively, which is why they affect the importance of prevention and education to reduce the possibility of forest fires caused by human activity.
329 forest fires so far this year
According to data from European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), Spain has registered 329 forest fires so far this year. Thus, accumulates 40% of the burnt surface of the EU and exceeds the average of 222 fires registered in the last 10 years.
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