Pascal Pochard-Casabianca AFP The views presented in this document, designations employed, and the presentation of maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] in China in 1987; in Portugal in 2003, 2005 and 2017; in Spain This changing landscape urgently requires new strategies to in 2006 and 2017; in Greece in 2007 and 2018; in Italy in 2007; reduce the risk of fires and thereby decrease their economic, in Australia in 2009 and 2020; in the United States in 2013 and environmental and social impact. [...] Interest- ingly, the weather conditions meant that the probability of If we draw a straight line between the anticipating the disaster was relatively low and the vegetation location of the eruption and the end of the was not water-stressed because the season had been much propagation, the wildfire spread over 5.2 wetter than usual. [...] In addition, there The wildfire then formed two fingers: one extending to the was no warning from the authorities of the southeast and the other to the east. [...] (2) Medium Moisture Code, which represents the moisture With the onset of extreme droughts in 2018 (as a consequence content of the soil horizon from partially decomposed of climate change), the number of wildfires and the size of the plant residues.
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