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Les Landes Forests Burn Again | France News
Southwest France is engulfed in another catastrophic wildfire, burning an area four times the size of Paris in the Les Landes forest—a region shaped by 19th-century timber ambitions. With climate change fueling hotter temperatures and denser pine monocultures, flames leap easily between trees, amplified by dry soil and flammable pine needles. President Macron calls for urgent forest management reform as residents battle embers and resinous cones that spread fire like projectiles. Once a marshland transformed into a vital economic engine, Les Landes now faces a costly rebuild requiring…
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