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to like this. how far is places of peace and century unimportant regulations about killing this? but this key habitat faces a 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 excessive base it by rising temperatures, aridity, droughts, fine sizes squaring up to new challenges. the same, the issue of fighting forest buys and wild flies 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 we think trying the weight behind new strategies. and oh no how?

it's only been and we need to be changing the landscape. investing much more in prevention, meets our goal, is to completely re covers a forest, a escape. the almost to complete the protecting of forests has never been more urgent. can we save them the showing the fire whose boss asks the job of these follow sizes in the can the 1st forest on the canary islands. one of them is to be as thomas and manager with at fire a to them and dissolves to management and g. o, far as far as i one of the organizations specializations. it wasn't just,

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

creating 5 breaks. the 55 is that from the u. k. poland gemini, and spain to be as follows, is a volunteer as far as 556 in regular life. he's a paramedic, like many of the others, he's paid the cost fee out of his own pocket. 1500 euros. in your mind as i was like, we're doing it alongside our main jobs, giving it our heart and soul. your mind is 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 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 3. kind one is to to of to the all do is preparation. the following is on. now let's participants start small for us with special kind of status. the flames quickly with 3 drawing needles, brush and bronchitis. the area were 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 controlled then encourages the growth of new crosses, bushes and trees. they bind the previously mentioned volume of c o 2, making for a close cycle through their if it's held

us and the other volunteers are clearing far as debris and preventing the spread of a blaze that could jump to the trees. this approach to forest fi prevention is windy, practiced in southern europe, but 55 has in northern europe. need more experience paul coast foundation, co founder one come on. you is working to bridge that gap. the southern 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 gang canaria exercise was tough but instructive. as much fancy just it was a positive experience. 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 we think it's a space. this is the ad fire association has demonstrates that the importance of methods like these several times. like in 2022 in the east and german state of saxony. as the vault fi raged, specialists were called in to help the is it so much as you can see how the humans underneath has completely burned out, leaving the entire area open. it will continue to slowly small the and gradually disintegrate itself. a long time ago, the team of volunteers baffles the ground, fired with hose and shovels. alexander maia is in charge of because other anything brown has to go with or a few minutes and it's burning and smouldering. and just like on grand canal area, 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 up to day. it was completely secured by an exposure, but so that will slow things down towards the end of plus you at funding now has about $500.00 members. the association was founded 20 years ago to help southern european font crews during peak, about 5 cities in the know how to gain the lease missions is 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. it's all stand and

a single layer, but still 5 per se, so that you can work 8 hours or a whole day in the blazing sunshine, while the issue of fighting forest buys and wild flies has been neglected for a long time. it's been a mind, a part of firefighters training teamwork reasons. one of the goals of ad fine is to plug these knowledge gap. that's why they've pulsing all know how gathered abroad to find the 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 so to an forestry scientist, you can model all going the high tech rate go ahead. so we've got our hot plate here. now we're going to load with the material just monthly on they prepared a special experiment in their own lab. oh, and that's home of my vision,

william hung but 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 and steals pump. they call they device an electronic nose software it reveals with a smoldering fire has been detected please teresa of health reaction and this as a quarter of increased very fast fi to the test in the lab is a success plane showed his team updates every improvement, straight away in early forest fire detection,

every 2nd counts because it would help us a lot, right? because then the flip them yet. so here we've got the finished product with the solar cell and here the gas sensor with the membrane on the gas. and so it is the key element of the electronic nose. with 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 a 2 locations because every forest smells different things to, to, and minot training the nose is to recognize a variety of plants. so the senses can also be used in forest around the world. they don't, can this do. i'm optimistic that what we've established in the lab can be

implemented in the forest. invite them that the shift change at the fire station, indignation town of the going spain. $55.00 for the money when lopez rodriguez is doing the hand of the $45.00 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 this 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 on time 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 $300000.00 tech. to winds up in flames in the mileage. is it really normal that every summer thousands have hector's of land to burn? no, no, it's not natural at all west for sure. natural forest fires do break out, but not like this. if you don't see anything difficult. so 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 fine sizing kids took on me to vocalize 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 is we're using these clamps to pull these australian blackwood side of the ground with the whole route if possible, right. even if some of it stays in the ground, the tree won't grow back to the left that nobody ever been a huge amount of cultures. if you can look at this and australian blackwood were planted in spain for the woods and paper industry, the fostering trees are now out of control in many places, making them a serious folio risk the, the plantations of things on the ground as strongly as a bonus ideal conditions for forest fire. so you can see here very clearly how close together the trees can be in an acacia forest. it might as well be gun powder 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, lots of blackwood acacia thrive when it burns. 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 local school children. he found it his own association to carry out the work. 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 that stays cooler and more human, which did test by a few kilometers further on the fruits of fair labor, already visible. this is where the fi, so 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, i'm not sure if you can see how the laurels are really thriving. oh, sky, yours just like the oaks here sooner. luckily, there is a crab apple tree over there. the last 8 of us that is such as trees now form a 1010 and p of leaves fairly pendent trouble by the rays of the sun. despite the high temperatures, it stays humid here, making for a fire resistant forest, a full moon. i'm very proud to have stuck with this project project run by an

entire community. i mean, it's something that gives my life a purpose. and that is indeed because i believe we're at a decisive point in the history of civilization and humanity that and i study of the tape we don't take real action for the month. but i mean, then it's not looking good. it's kind of byproduct. i mean, that's also why the font size and the environmental list has some other interesting ideas of his sleeve involving animals. and brandon book, the ben, it's fire brigade is beginning a training exercise to be a thomas and his colleagues from at fire, a sharing new, far as fine know how with the volunteer firefighters. me shall do a pump and roll here. and robin will take you through the tools and you see the goal for today is that each station can practice on the fire or and keep it under

control. have fun and good luck getting group one, this group to the place you find from 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 the only the most important solution of the devastation. fine isn't then it's the local fire brigade source help from the specialist club. and sheila demonstrates the tools needed for the job position. this is a good clue. that's not a german name. it comes from portugal in spain come gets it multi to them. it has its disadvantages. it's the heaviest tools, as you'll see when we start chopping nothing, but although it's exhausting, look, it will help to send the fi later. the exercise is assessed for until he paused them on his been volunteering with the brigade for 5 years and nothing 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. see john huffman is an engineer working and renewables. he's acutely aware of the danger that lies ahead brandenburg is one of the most arid states in germany. that's policy due to the region sunday terrain which draws out quickly. as temperatures rise, move walter evaporates plants and soil with the exacerbating drought conditions. the tiniest spot could trigger a catastrophe. is the 1st with desertification to protect it for this region in the coming decades. what we're doing here is increasingly important exxon. 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 havoc. c o 2 emissions from world fires have spiked drastically. and recent years in 2021 they released twice as much c o 2. as global

aviation presenting bald fires on putting the brakes on climate change at fine. it is preparing fire brigades for the future. so let me know whenever warehouse 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 a saving technique for putting out fire safety? vicki ready? yes, it's good. with the pump and roll method, the firefighter is used in houses and work directly on the fire. they training for the real thing. forest fire expert to be as hello sits, the field on fire. this is the flames. don't jump the brakes. the bail, it's 55 has have done everything, right. i think that's what we want. now you can see what we learned to

this morning. some of go to fly. that's totally wind driven. if there wasn't a break, the you could almost trap the fly from behind. many of the kind of hard to the new the kid strips to find the fire. only the wind could dangerously find the flames. now, the professionals demonstrate what happens then. the patient spot, fire westerly, direction, spot fire to the west. there's a patient, roger that will move in the firefighters, get the flames quickly on the control with just a few leases of was any embers. a put out with tools for the business brigade. 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. to be honest. and his crew also please

verify the 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. what council the supposed a 4 legged 5 fight is almost 300 coats live here on the farm and delicious northern spain find so many way lopez, rodriguez, hopes they will help him faster. protect as far as from any future places. and hi was this because 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 wildfires is demonstrated by the animals and how some federal jiminez the

farm is in central calisha surrounded by expensive woodlands to stop these forests from catching fire came off some federal jimenez. the took codes 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. steel. definitely. what is it? this is a gorse bush, but 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 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 the 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 in decline. 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 is an intensive agriculture, i put them in things in c panel. 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, a big issue on people with the vision, with conviction, what courage and engagement companies, you know, they strongly otherwise, but she wants to make the world a better place to get into that listed window, which will allow them to your rekindling old traditions, to protect the forest 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 is team all 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 in mila, has been fascinated by wildfire since he was a boy light speed. 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 me. and the 50, as the forestry scientist knows that the local connoisseurs pose a particular risk 70 percent of old forest and brandenburg, a pine forest, a veritable powder keg. they catch fire quickly and then take the flames to residential areas punctual to hoops. his electronic noses will put a stop to that. i can, this is this 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 goodman's in a in king, so the 1st of the team sets up a network of sentence and detecting fine 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 you that can 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 arrow network and the forest using what's known as mesh gateway cities of homes or not mesh gateways. these mesh gateways function like internet route is powered by so the energy defenses carry the anom signal to the gateway on the edge of the forest. from here, the data is sent to an advice slash lights and radio a month. 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 stops on the ground. each green spots on the computer monks a sense are they asked to have the 1st one's already

going off right here. that one. that's right. the 2nd this month's really sick now comfortable actually, i just said please told me. oh, that's amazing. that's brilliant. when you look how fast you've seen fires, you have to how the pores, it's bernie and we're able to locate a potential fire before it gets underway. that came from dias that so i can a little mini fire the sense is really doing show a 5 sizes are ahead of the game cubic money off the smoke hasn't even reach the tree top and they've already sent it out to this early detection. would give us a time advantage of 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, at least one minutes. now. the system could potentially nip destructive places in the bought customers in germany, the us, spain and greece already ordered sensors ahead of the 2023 wild fire season, an incentive for playing. so to and milan to further home to technology. and then

we'll develop other senses to measure ground humidity and growth density to mess. so our vision is to provide the forest with 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. are facing the prospect of new, perhaps even more devastating wild fires. to protect our forests, we need to act. there's no time to waste the we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. the magic corner check spots. and some great culture of the board has to vote.

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