Wildlife Face 'Catastrophic' Losses as France's Forests Burn
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Stürmer Manuel Wiederer can hardly wait for the polar bears to start training at the beginning of August. Before that, he left in France, in the forest fire region.
The French forest faces an unprecedented threat: a climate change that goes faster than the ability of trees to renew itself. The French forest is extremely diverse, temperate or tropical,
The consequences are predicted to be "disastrophic", the French minister for ecological transition said.
Wildlife face 'catastrophic' losses as France's forests burn
Some 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres) of forest west of Bordeaux has burned since Wednesday and authorities fear a heatwave forecast this week could breath fresh fury into the blaze. Homes, farmland and vehicles have been incinerated in Gironde but wildlife has suffered "extremely significant losses" too, said France's ecology minister Monique Barbut on Monday. It is too early to determine a precise toll "but it is clear that the figures will be …
The fires ravaging France also pose a lasting threat to wild animals. Trapped species, escapes, poisoning, food chain disrupted.
Wildlife in France is being hit hard by the large forest fires raging in the country, with experts warning of catastrophic losses to animals and ecosystems. Some 42,000 hectares of forest land west of Bordeaux have already been destroyed since Wednesday, while authorities fear that a new heat wave expected in the coming days could further intensify the fire fronts. In addition to the damage to homes, farmland and vehicles in the Gironde region, …
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