that this happens to this is an expensive and to mention, and we don't want to make people worse. treatments could cost upwards of $10000.00 australian dollars per patient. and with the bill not covered by the state you for you over the drug breakthrough could be short lift that set you up to date bread golf. we'll have more world news at the top of our coming up next on the dw close up fathers, the people facing forest ignored in europe from h. drops. and wildfires have a good the it's all just practice or is that the name to paysimple clock? lithuania, 7 months before russia attacked ukraine, a field team documents, daily life in the town. how are the people of the growing tension

currently to go in and be insight starts july 8th on dw. how far is places of peace and century unimportant regulations of our climate. but this can you have a tough faces of growing threat from increasingly frequent devastating forest fires . in america, we've been seeing the effects of climate change for years now in germany to this year's fires were catastrophic. you know, and we can expect to repeat. the problem is exacerbated by rising temperatures, aridity and droughts, 5 sizes squaring up, to new challenges. this team, the issue of fighting forest buys and wildfire has been neglected for a long time. it's been a minor part of 5 fight as training programs. but now many fun advises having a re think the trying the way to behind new strategies. and,

oh no. how it's only been to me, we need to be changing the landscape, investing much more in prevention expense. our goal is to completely recovers the forest. i almost gave you almost to complete. the protecting, outsource has never been more urgent. can we save them the showing the fire whose boss, that's the job of these fire sizes in the can differ as far as on the canary islands. one of them is to be as homeless and manager with ad, find it to them and dissolves to management and g. o. far as far as i one of the organizations specializations isn't. yes. we're here on grand canal area. getting

ready for the control burn. that's going to happen here on the mountain, you'll come back and we're putting on our protective gear. after another briefing, we'll be off when i get the most how this is joined by 18 of the participants from full countries. the technique that dunning today may sound crazy at 1st, the searching find it to the forest as a protective measure. cheat, drought mean grand canal areas. pine forests are dry as a bone. they can go up in flames at any time. the prescribed bones are tried and tested prevention method here, $55.00 to add to a toes. i'm an e mail has been running closest for years. i mean, there's a motion for a long time. we just focused on putting out the fire fighting the firewall. you have to not, and at some point is we realize that you can't and cycled a fire washing, you've got to work with it and coordinates will and that means tough physical look removing brush, creating 5 brakes. the 55 is that from the u. k. poland,

germany and spain to the us, how long is the volunteer as far as 556 in regular life. he's a paramedic, like many of the others who's paid the cost be out of his own pocket. 1500 euros amount as i was like, we're doing it alongside our main jobs, giving it our heart and soul. now we're also carrying out prescribed burns of increasingly large areas in germany, and we're applying exactly what we've learned here down to here. so i reckon it's money well spent and most of all the time, well invested funding prescribed funding is already common practice in many places, including the us, australia and southern europe and know it's playing and increasingly crucial role. so the north america has, like we've been seeing the effects of climate change for years now in germany to this year's fires were catastrophic. and we can expect to repeat with these exercises of being organized by the spanish poll cost of foundations. the

international organization specializes in far as defined management and prevention . i'll be in position 3112. unless we do hon to of, to the all do is preparation the fires on now let participants start small for us with special kind of status. the flames quickly with 3 drawing needles. brush and bronchitis is that the area we're burning now won't burn during the next vegetation phases, it will all be nice and green for the next few years. each fire images, climate can is c o 2 into the atlas van. but the control band encourages the growth of new cross is bushes and trees. they bind the previously mentioned volume of c o 2, making for a close cycle through their efforts. tell

us and the other volunteers are clearing far as debris and preventing the spread of ablaze that could jump to the trees. this approach to forest fi prevention is windy, practiced in southern europe, but firefighters in northern europe need more experience. paul cost a foundation, co founder one come on you is working to bridge that gap or south or mediterranean countries where we have been suffering fires for many years. but now it's something new to many northern european countries. so the network is everything because the way that we can exchange that experience, i'm not the, the grand canaria exercise was tough but instructive as much positive. it was a positive experience and we want to get people in germany more familiar with the idea of tactical fires, as well as showing that fire doesn't always have to be

a bad thing, but i'm getting it to speak. this is the ad fire association has demonstrated that the importance of methods like these several times like in 2022 in the eastern german state of saxony. the as a valid fire raged. specialists were called in to help the is it so much as you can see how the human underneath has completely burned out, leaving the entire area open. it will continue to slowly small the and gradually disintegrate to go for a long time ago. the team of volunteers baffles the ground, fired with hose and shovels. alexander maia is in charge of anything brown has to go with all humans and it's burning and smoldering. and it's just like on grand canal aria they use breaks to keep the flames in check and carry out prescribed

bones in the woods. this prevents the fire from devouring any more if the ground is obviously it's exhausting, but it's working. the entire area off today was completely secured by an exposure, but so that will slow things down source and hospice. you at funding now has about 500 members. the association was founded 20 years ago to help southern european fund crews during peak, about 5 the the know how to gain the lease missions as turning out to be useful back home. germany as well and 5 risk has been steadily rising since the 19 seventy's. and recently is more hot and dry periods have further increased the term so far as the bias. but until recently, local fire services have been focusing on other kinds of emergencies. to forget the traffic accident, an apartment fire requires different protective equipment. then if i'm out in the woods, it's obvious from my clothing, and it's all fitting and a single layer,

but still 5 per se, so that you can work 8 hours or a whole day in the blazing sunshine. the issue of fighting forest buys and wild flies has been neglected for a long time. it's been a mind, a part of 5 fighters training. one of the goals of ad 5 is to plug these knowledge gap. that's why they've pulsing all know how gathered abroad to find fighting colleagues in germany on the outskirts of eva, spider and brandenburg, to men of devising ways to save all forests engineer cost and think, show it to an forestry scientist, you know, are going to high tech rate overhead. so we've got our hot plate here. now we're going to load it with the material, just monthly on they prepare to special experiments in their own lab. oh, and that's home of my vision. when i can vote waste, simulating

a forest fire, which admits the same gases that would be released in a real blaze. and it's still just a very small fire, like a cigarette on the 1st floor, often by the board. at the other end is a device that could turn out to be something of a revolution sensor that learn how to sniff out a forest fire. and it's very early stages and uses ends with the sensors. sniff, smell the smoke and register that smells outcome. and the next time they're able to detect an incipient fire mackenzie image deals on, they call the device and electronic notice software reveals, with a smouldering fire has been detected. good. please. teresa of health reaction. yes . this is a quarter of increase cost by the test in the lab is a success plane showed his team updates every improvement, straight away in early forest by detection. every 2nd counts

because it would hope us to lock right, because then that would be more flipped them yet. so here we've got the finished product with the solar cell and here the guest sensor with the membrane on the gas . and so it is the key element of the electronic knows what's the help of artificial intelligence. it can detect individual gases in the air. at the tiniest wisp of smoke, it sounds the alarm, the technology is powered by climate friendly. so the energy that 30 member international team is now working on enhancing the technology at 2 locations because every forest smells different things. so it's not training. the nose is to recognize a variety of plants. so the sensors can also be used in forest around the world. they don't keep mistakes. i'm optimistic that what we've established in the lab can

be implemented in the forest. invite them to the shift change at the 5 station indignation town of pico in spain. 55 and my new ed lopez rodriguez is doing the hand of the 45 hose. the 45 the that's great. so it's all in order, right? yes. one lopez rodriguez has been working for the bum barrows for almost 30 years. he's deeply concerned about the sharp increase in forest fires, many of which now reach the edges of the town. the people say is like, for example, from here we can see a scorched eucalyptus forest. on the other side of the bay, there was

a fire there about 3 or 4 weeks ago. it got hung up once a month. if i finish woke up, i'm on us. of all the countries in europe, spain is one of the worst effected by forest bias. on 2022 was a raincoat breaking. yeah. more than 300000 tech test went up in flames. in the model. is it really normal that every summer, thousands of hector's, of land to burn? no, no, it's not natural at all west for sure. natural forest fires do break out and really not like this. if you don't see anything difficult. so if we want to stop the forest from burning every summer of the month, we need to start thinking about what kind of forest we want. ok, most, cadillac veto is surrounded by highly flammable mono cultures. that's why the fi to is attacking the boost. if the problem and in his free time exchanging his file size and guess what caused me to organize a bit more. i don't know why is it moving? okay, let's go for his targeting sauce, dining space, ease of tree,

which is how much we're using these clamps to pull these australian blackwood side of the ground with the whole root if possible. right? even if some of it stays in the ground, the tree won't grow back to the lot that nobody ever been a huge amount of cultures of eucalyptus and australian. blackwood were planted in spain for the wood and paper industry. the fostering trees on now was of can stroll in many places, making them a serious fire risk the plantations of games on the ground as strongly as a bone ideal conditions for forest fire. so you can see here very clearly how close together the trees can be. and in the case of forest e commerce, it might as well be gunpowder t to know what that is, especially if you consider that these trees are pyre of fights, doesn't mean a species that advances the spread of fire. the full power of 5 plants need fire to

reproduce these seats on each of the nights when exposed to high temperatures. so trees like the blackwood acacia strive when it funds. but what's useful for the tree is a threat to of humans. that's why i'm unaware. lopez rodriguez is slowly changing the fabric of the forest with the help of the local school children he found it is an association to carry out the world. now a community of volunteers looks off to the forest around vehicle. this one is easy to pull out fatal, but this one is much more difficult. something must not, that's a long branch, and it's much more complicated must go, because once these natural fire, etc, runs, have been removed. the replaced by variety of ceilings, elda,

hazelnut, the volunteers, plus many different species of tree. this creates a climate friendly mixed forest, but stays cooler and more human, which did test by a few kilometer is further on the fruits of fan day, the already visible. this is where the firefighter initiation his project. off to 25 years, the area has grown into a healthy mixed forest. killed us 50 is, was for the let's see what species i can show you here. most of them, it was funny for example, mean almost hopefully you can see how the laurels are really thriving. oh scott, why you're just like the oaks here seem to be lucky. there's a crab apple tree over there, the must say, you know, but of us that is such as trees now form a 1010 and p of leaves fairly punishable by the rise of the sun. despite the high temperature, as it stays humid here, making for a fire resistant forrest a soul. i'm very proud to have stuck with this project project run by an entire

community. but i mean, it's something that gives my life a purpose. and that is simply because i believe we're at a decisive point in the history of civilization and humanity that and i study uh so if we don't take real action for the month, i mean, then it's not looking good a shuttle by portable company. that's also why the firefighter and environmental list has some other interesting ideas of his sleeve involving animals and brandenburg. the bandits fire brigade is beginning a training exercise to be as thomas and his colleagues from at file sharing new far is fine. know how with the volunteer firefighters, i'm me shall do a pump and roll here and rob, and we'll take you through the tools. can you see the goal for today is that each station can practice on the fire or, and keep it under control to have fun and good luck with them. i think we're just

getting the group one big group to i think he placed the funds on them. the fire brigades should learn to safely master the basics of fighting wildfire. so that means conserving water, not least due to climate change. they also need to get out of the vehicle and use tools to put out the fire and done with the most important selection of the devastation files. and then it's the local fire brigades. those help from the specialist club and show that demonstrates the tools needed for the job position. this is a good glue that's not a german name. it comes from portugal in spain. it's a multi to them. it has its disadvantages. it's the heaviest tools. as you'll see when we start jumping knocking, but although it's exhausting, look, it will help to send the fi later. the exercise is assessed for until they pause them on who's been volunteering with the brigade for 5 years. and what the, his office is. yeah, it's the 1st time i've used anything like this. we don't usually do basic stuff

like this, but i'm really going for it. no, it's hard work. awesome. and as an engineer working and renewables, he's acutely aware of the danger that lies ahead. brandon book is one of the most ard states in germany. that's policy due to the region sunday terrain, which draws out quickly. as temperatures rise, more water evaporates plants and soil with the exacerbating drought conditions. the tiniest spot could trigger a catastrophe. is the 1st with desertification protected for this region in the coming decades. what we're doing here is increasingly important network. we're already feeling the effects of climate change. it's a similar picture even further to the north recent burial forest fires in siberia, alaska and canada reeked have ox, c o. 2 emissions from wald fi us have spike drastically in recent years. and 22,

do you want a release twice as much c o. 2 as global aviation presenting vault bias on putting the brakes on climate change at fine. it is preparing fire brigades for the future. so the minute, whenever we're out in the vehicle, we try to stay power low. it's fine if the vehicle is a slight distance from the fire oil mission and demonstrates an efficient what was the saving technique for putting out fire safety? vicki ready? yes, it's good. with the pump and roll method, the firefighters use send hoses and work directly on the fire. they training for the real thing for is fine. expect to be as follows, sets the field on fire. if the flames don't jump the brakes, the bell, it's $55.00 has have done everything. right. i'd say that's what we want. now you can see what we learned this morning. i've got

a fly that's totally wind driven. if there wasn't a break, the, you could all mice traps to fly from behind, then you have kind of hard to the new the kids trips defy the fire. only the wind could dangerously found the flames. now, the professionals demonstrate what happens then. the patient spot fire westerly direction spot fire to the west. this is aisha road. you that well move in the firefights is get the flames quickly on the control with just a few leases of was any embers. a put out with tools for the business we gave. this was an illuminating day. yeah, yeah, it was great. really interesting also to see what's possible with that. what i have is that there are plenty of take away that i learned a lot that things i've never done before. i want to be as honest and his crew also please verify your game and we provide the impetus and then it's up to the

volunteer brigades to run with the ideas because we had about a good fit that the training ahead of the next well 5 season which is starting earlier and earlier here in germany to of the insane prevention with accounts of the suppose a 4 legged 5 fight is almost 300 coats live here on the farm and delicious northern spain finalized the money with the past rodriguez hopes they will help him fast to protect as far as from any future places. and hi was this good. i've heard so much about you. i really want it to meet you. yeah. good or bad stuff? no, it will only good. only. good boy. precisely how these gods can help to prevent wild fires is demonstrated by the animals and how some federal jiminez. the farm is in central kenesha surrounded by expanse of

woodland. to stop these forests from catching fire came off some federals jimenez lee took goats. deposits are in the wood every day. each animal munches its way through up to 3 chinos of grass and hey, every day the animals spend all the time grazing on the undergrowth, along with cross small branches, dry wood, and leaves also on the menu. all of it, honey flammable, is still with us. what is it? this is a gorse bush about all that is one of the biggest contributors to the spread of fire and we do when they dry out in the summer. it's like they form highways for the flames. they provide to me, but here's that they'll show the go to keep the gorse and check with them and disco doesn't. you're not going to ask you normally study of what are they going through . it's a natural and effective way to prevent find the phone and lives from the sale of

the goats means far as maintenance is a simple but practical out on in the past. accurate forestry with animals was also common place in countries like germany. the forest was used as a positive for goats, cheap accounts. but as livestock removed into stools practice was because in a car interior p and study also has proof that these animal species reduce deadwood . and far as bringing goes back into the woods, can considerably less than the risk of buying opens. i've got an adverb forestry practices are declining because real populations are also into kind hardly anyone lives in the country anymore. there aren't any shepherds like that's because it's getting harder and harder to make a living from farming. if your business isn't intensive agriculture, i put them in thing things even though i'd like to see if my experience could serve as an example of a sampler midway lopez rodriguez is sold on the idea of animals carrying out fire prevention work. he wants to bring goats into his woods, very soon, pen,

my suspicion our society needs many more people like him are getting ready to own people with a vision, with conviction, courage and engagement. companies. you know, they strongly otherwise, but she wants to make the world a better place to get into the stadium when the original new out of new york rekindling old traditions to protect the forests strategy that could be exposed to other nations in brandon book, things like getting serious, it's crunch time for the electronic forest fire sniff is costing playing, show it to, and his team of testing the early warning system. will it look? okay, so click bring the green material here. play as close to the fireball forestry scientist. you have, and mila has been fascinated by wildfire. since he was a boy. you know, i grew up here in short, ida, i saw wildfire. at the age of 10,

i saw the destruction and the animals running away. he ended his date with may. the 50, as the forestry scientist knows that the local connoisseurs pose a particular risk 70 percent of old forest and brandenburg pine forests, a veritable powder keg. they catch fire quickly and take the flames to residential areas punctual to hoops. his electronic noses will put a stop to that. i can, this is the time really is running out is we need to act rapidly on a huge scale to counter this, threaten a threat that's already the and that we're all sensing and saying good ones in a and king. so the 1st of the team sets up a network of sentence and detecting final gases and sounding the non one sense is enough for one heck to a sensor like this costs around 50 years to ensure health arrives as fast as

possible. the signal has to get through to you that because it happens a lot, you're walking in the woods and at some point does not know about signal. to solve that problem with setting up our own network in the forest using what's known as mesh gateways. the teeth of homes over not mesh gate base. these mesh gateways function like internet route is powered by so the energy, the sensors carry the alarm signal to the gateway on the edge of the forest. from here, the data is sent to an advice slash a lights and radium off. today's testify is secured by the volunteer fire brigade white font. we've got a larger group today. they want to observe as well. usually the fire brigade is only aware of the fi, one smoke has already started rising over the forest. but the senses we pulled the font as soon as it starts on the ground. each green spots on the computer monks a sensor has to have the 1st one's already

gone off right here. that one despite the 2nd, the smokes really sick now called the last long list. i just said, please tell me. oh, that's amazing. that's brilliant. when you look how fast you've seen fires, you have to have the forest burning and we're able to locate a potential fire before it gets under way of golfing bronchitis that so i can live them any fire the senses really do and should have 5 slices. are ahead of the game cubic money off the smoke hasn't even reach the tree top and they've already sensed it not to this early detection would give us a time advantage of 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, at least one minute on the system could potentially nip destructive places in the bought customers and terminate the us thing. and grease already ordered sensors ahead of the 2023 wild fire season. an incentive for playing show to, and malachi, for the home to technology. and then we'll develop other senses to measure ground

humidity and growth density. meso vision is to provide the far as with the comprehensive protection and not just against the acute stress of wild fires. auto swipe under this you to europe and other regions around the world of facing the prospect of new perhaps even more devastating wild fires. to protect all forests, we need to act. there is no time to waste the wood or sports. all of our scoring we say they were about never giving up sports flies every weekend

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