Fundación Pau Costa calls for prevention-based wildfire management

The Fundación Pau Costa is advocating for a shift in wildfire management, emphasizing prevention and forest management over a sole focus on extinction efforts. Jordi Vendrell, the foundation's director, argues that current wildfire crises are driven by long-term issues such as rural abandonment, the accumulation of vegetable fuel, climate change, and urban expansion into high-risk areas.

Vendrell highlights that the increasing frequency and simultaneity of large-scale or extreme