In Peru's Sacred Valley, a community-led initiative is creating fire prevention brigades to stop devastating wildfires before they even beginPeru's Sacred Valley, the breathtaking landscape between Cusco and Machu Picchu, has always had a few conventional fire brigades, but anyone who has ever witnessed a bushfire will know there is little you can do once it takes hold. While there is a place for carefully managed burning - at the right time of year and in the right weather conditions it can clear land of brush and understory - reckless burns can be catastrophic. "Years of hard work can be undone in a single day,? says Joaquín Randall, who has set up the NGO Valle Sagrado Verde, a reforestation project planting native trees such as huaranhuay, chachacomo, molle and tara in the Sacred Valley. "2020 was a really bad year. One fire burned 20,000 replanted trees in one go. Another killed eight people.? Continue reading...
'It's much easier to stop someone lighting a match than to put out a 1,000-acre fire'
16. srpna 2022 8:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/16/peru-fire-prevention-brigade-sacred-valley-wildfires-aoe
Zdroj: The Guardian