Ecology expert warns against recurring wildfires in Spain

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Ecology expert warns against recurring wildfires in Spain

STORY: Ecology expert warns against recurring wildfires in Spain DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of fire-stricken areasvarious of firefighters working STORYLINE: As firefighters in Spain this week brought under control wildfires in Catalonia, numerous blazes continued to rage around the country, in regions like Galicia, Castilla y Leon and Aragon. A new record was broken this week as over 193,000 hectares of land have been devastated by fire this year, surpassing the record of 189,367 hectares registered in 2012. On Wednesday, the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), which uses satellites to track wildfires, confirmed that in just over six months, 193,247 hectares have so far been affected in Spain. It is a situation that the experts predict is unlikely to change any time soon. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): NARCIS PRAT, Emeritus Professor of Ecology at University of Barcelona "Everything suggests that we're moving towards a situatio

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