In August 2021, the northern outskirts of Athens burned while another 180 fires raged across the country at the same time. Greece lost eleven percent of its forest cover during this fire season. Almost three years after the fires, the regeneration…
Update: Eight months after the forest fires in Greece
A field visit to the burned forests near Athens offers a small hope regarding the regenerative capacity of Greek forests.
Forest fires in Greece, a report
In the early August 2021 heat wave, Greece lost 11 percent of its national forests to wildfires.