18/06/2023 01:52 (UTC)

Controlled burns allow forests in Mexico to better adapt to climate change, say experts

Guadalajara, Jun 17 (EFE).- Amid a heat wave blamed so far for eight deaths across Mexico, the country's foremost experts in forest management told EFE that controlled burns contribute to the health of woodlands and make them better able to adapt to climate change.

The forests have existed for thousands of years in an environment of naturally generated fires, Gabriel Vazquez Sanchez, director of the Bosque La Primavera biosphere reserve in the western state of Jalisco, said. (Camera: JOSÉ LUIS GONZÁLEZ).

SHOT LIST: THE AREA WHERE THE CONTROLLED BURNS WERE CONDUCTED, IN THE BOSQUE LA PRIMAVERA BIOSPHERE RESERVE NEAR GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.

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Date: 18/06/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Environmental issue » Global warming
Environmental issue » Conservation
Environmental issue » Nature
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 142 seconds
Reference: 7001273441
Relevance: Normal