France's forest management may need to change to prevent more wildfires in Les Landes
- PARIS -- History keeps repeating itself in the smoldering forests of southwest France, now ash-covered and charred.
- Devastated by previous blazes in 2022 and 1949, when 82 people died, the largest human-made woodland in Western Europe has again been ravaged by wildfires which burned an area four times the size of Paris.
- The forests of Les Landes — covering 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) — were created in the 19th century for timber and resin production.
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- PARIS -- History keeps repeating itself in the smoldering forests of southwest France, now ash-covered and charred.
- Devastated by previous blazes in 2022 and 1949, when 82 people died, the largest human-made woodland in Western Europe has again been ravaged by wildfires which burned an area four times the size of Paris.
- The forests of Les Landes — covering 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) — were created in the 19th century for timber and resin production.
Sources: ABC News