#55 We drove to fires and interviewed experts to understand the problem with wild fires in Portugal

[@VitorMadeira]

28:28 Thank your for this! This is the most important part of this fantastic video. You guys, who come from abroad will actually teach Portuguese companies (who own loads of land with eucaliptus) how it should be done. This is a problem, but, looking at it as a challenge, it will be really much easier to solve. Thank you and greetings from the Algarve.

[@nickfury7665]

They're not teaching companies anything. They know exactly what they've been doing. You're assuming lack of knowledge on their part, but replacing native forests with eucalyptus is both deliberate and malicious, all in the name of making a few bucks. This will only end when the planting of eucalyptus trees is banned across the country and we start uprooting the existing ones.

[@VitorMadeira]

​@@nickfury7665 I (parcialy) disagree with you! The problem we faced in the past was: absolute silence. Project Kamp is making it vocal by publishing these kind of videos. In the past we had loads of silence. We now are starting to have some kind of noise. I hope it turns unbearable as fast as possible.

[@anibaldamiao]

The companies aren’t interested in learning. That’s why they plant more

[@jmquaresma]

I understand your comment regarding companies with land full of eucalyptus. I also disagree to share my country with companies that makes money out of drying the soil and avoiding rich ecosystems. But the true is that those lands do not suffer with fires. Companies (mostly paper related ) invest millions to have the most profit and safer land, to load the pockets of their investors

[@y_ahmednaeem]

@@VitorMadeira DREAM PROJECT ❤️✅ I am a Bangladeshi. I want to work with you guys.But I can't go there due to visa problem. Because getting Portugal visa is not easy in our country. I need your help in this matter.Please help me get there.

[@pauldirlea5961]

Hi guys, just a few thoughts in regards to prevention of fires in the agricultural/silviculture sector 1.Get that tractor you want as soon as you can. Prioritize this if you can. 2. Get a 3tonne to 5t water cistern with integrated pump - this connects to the tractors accessory propshaft and can be used to fight fires on your 10ha property faster than the response time from any fire service.

[@aronevans3710]

I think your holistic approach to working in Portugal as foreigners is very commendable. As it concerns the land , the ecology, sustainabilitY and most importanty the Portugese people and culture. You are not colonists but and are part the local community and involve them and learn from them as part of your great project. It is very refreshing and is a huge contrast to other u tubers who see Portugal as a lifestyle only way of life. I’m from Wales , where there are similar cultural issues regarding the Welsh language and integration with the culture. Your way of thinking , humble attitude and approach is a fantastic example of what is possible. Power to your elbow! Gwych! (Welsh for fantastic) Yours sincerely Aron

[@EdMalek]

Thank you for this video. As a volunteer firefighter based in Lisbon with limited wildfire experience I found this very informative and educational. Stay safe and thank you for treating our nature with respect and humility.

[@ChandChandramukhi]

The pervasive environmental modification aerial particulate spraying (chemtrails, made of coal fly ash) is harmful to virtually all life on Earth, specifically contributing to global warming, disrupting habitats, contaminating the environment with mercury, decimating populations of insects, bats, and birds, as well as killing forests, exacerbating wildfires, enabling harmful algae in our waters and destroying the ozone layer that shields surface-life from the sun’s deadly ultraviolet radiation. Read about it in J. Marvin Herndon articles such as "Global Environmental Warfare" in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal.

[@Zanaze_banane]

Top respect to the firefighters who in all their PPE walk time after time into primal blazes in the already scorching heat. I thought being shot at was bad enough but bullets are something manmade, smaller, somehow less sinister. Fire is untamed, unpredictable...way scarier! Great vid, wish you guys all the best, hope to join you sometime :)

[@robertacarlson2260]

i live in northern california, usa. fires are more frequent here and also more violent. I found the interview with the fire chief and the professor very interesting. We have the same problems. they were very eloquent and informative. thank you.

[@acajun.foodforest]

Since it rains alot you need to capture that on your land as much as you possibly can. I recommend swales and berms on contour with your land, especially around the borders. This will create a barrier that is more irrigated and will be resistant to fire. Thin your woods regularly, remove eucalyptus and add in fire resistant plants where possible. I don't know how easy the digging is there, but that's what I would do if I was in that situation. Good luck and stay safe!! 👍🙌💚

[@heatherlaird-mcleod3271]

Love love your channel, this episode was fantastic. I live in Australia where we have had a number of devastating fires where vegetation is almost all eucalypt trees. Members of my family over the years have fought these 🔥 fires inches away from loosing their lives. The loss of wild life & natural grass lands takes many year to regrow. The danger is people love to live away from the busy city life, where it's peaceful in nature but in Aust insurance companies will no longer cover fire zones and its hard to catch people who deliberately start fires. 😢 Many years ago before white people inhabited Aust, our native Australians used to manage the land with a technique called controlled burning in seasons that are not too hot. This managed the vegetation & minimised the big fires. Perhaps the fireman can manage controlled burning regularly to decrease the big fires in the targeted areas of North & central Portugal.

[@bladehea]

People and firefighters do that Every year but is Impossible tô maintain a clean forest because is very fertile terrain and rains a lot in winter. The land is covered with plants and trees. The main cause of the fires are the paper industries and their lobies and many people that intensional cause fires because of their mediatism

[@davidwilson1043]

Very informative, interviews from honest, straight talking experts, that was refreshing. So good they spent the time to discuss the issue of fire with you, good luck implementing prevention measures. Stay safe.

[@goncalopalma4465]

I'm from Portugal and it's absolutely disgusting what has been happening throughout the years regarding the wildfires. One thing that was not exposed is the fact that a lot of big corporations benefit from these fires. For example, this year a decent portion of the burnt area was natural reserves and protected areas where mining companies wanted to prospect for lithium but they couldn't since they were natural reserves, now that that area is burnt, the fact that it was a natural reserve does not apply anymore and they can mine for lithium. Another example is the fact that some trees like eucalyptus only burn on the outside and the inside is still "good" to use as a natural resource to make paper etc... but since it is burnt it is way way cheaper to buy... You can take your own conclusions from this... It's sad

[@PB22559]

The exact same things are happening in many parts of Spain. Disgusting is too light a word. They blame these fires on climate change but many of us locals know that the majority of these fires are provoked.

[@PTemnikov]

@@PB22559 in Russia there were launch of forest fires monitoring satellite system and right after that started a lot of forest fires near china border on enormous territories. It was so huge that it was used by opposition politicians. 'Fun' part is that many reviewers on burned sites told, that most of trees were gone before forest fires. Some regions were suffering floods and forest fires at the same time.

[@netby]

Good points of view that you enlightened here... I'd like to add that in the last 20 years or so firefightingh wild fires became a very profitable industry in Portugal.. ..🙄

[@maximus9430]

Can you refer to any known cases were Corporations are fund doing this?? I would like to investigate this matter further..

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

It is also said that the Fire Fighters themselves are the ones that start fires so they can play with their big toys.

[@luisfernandez488]

Hi, great video, thanks a lot for putting it out there. I am from Spain, not far from where you are based an area that was devastated by forest fires as well. Jarring testimony from the firefighter and academic. The missing stakeholder in this video is the companies that plant eucaliptus. The region where I am from has been completely taken over by eucaliptus in the last twenty years and it has completely wiped out the autoctonous flora as well as local bird species that relied on more diverse forests. This needs to stop.

[@JAMoore-zz3ki]

Fire is both fascinating and terrifying. We had two huge fires near my city in 2012 and 2013, respectively. I felt so bad for the people who lost their homes and (very sadly) their lives. One of my neighbors barely survived the huge fire in 2013 that I mentioned above. He and his wife almost got trapped because they only had one path they could drive on to get to the road. They actually had to drive THROUGH the flames and they were so scared their tires would melt before they got out. They made it, thankfully, but lost everything except their car and the clothes they were wearing. I am so glad you have an evacuation plan in place. You have probably already thought of this, but make sure you have at least 2 (preferably 3) ways to get to the nearby roads so you can get away. Make some wide, driveable paths / roads on your land to help with this. Just be safe, be safe, be safe. All the best.

[@Henroin42]

I once visited Portugal and I have never seen so many people that are smoking

[@mistersniffers5922]

I'm SO HAPPY that you've got a basic escape plan, that you're beginning to harden your structures to withstand intense heat and sparks & that you're emotionally prepared for the destruction when it comes to your neighborhood. I'm looking forward to learning how you guide the land, what your incremental steps are & how you get it all done with volunteer labor. You guys are great!

[@VacentViscera]

An idea to try for improving the land - you could look at putting in some swales and berms at key locations to allow for a firebreak which wouldn't require setting up an entire lake. Especially since this would put water in the soil so trees on the downward side of the berm might survive better.

[@macblanco1935]

awesome video, im happy to see that people try to educate others about what is happeneing around not only by spreading the word, but also by showing how is looks like and how much damage it brings this is very tragic

[@widescreen8964]

I sat for hours in my car outside that firehouse on Oct 16th, 2017 the morning after escaping the fires. They gave us food & water. Lovely people. The smoke was everywhere, our house at the time luckily didn't burn but many did.

[@martinhubert3988]

Dave you seem really upset/worried about what you just learned... keep it up man! As you said it's a big challenge, but worth the while I mean you are experiencing what will be happening in most northern countries in a few decades, so thank you for your bravery in testing and trying out this way of living, no doubt you will come up with down to earth solutions for every challenge you come across! You set the example for a generation, you can be proud ;)

[@matcheer9909]

Fire fighting is an endless painful job . Smoke, sweat, heat, hose and shovels.

[@livingwildalaska3129]

I would also say, if the Air Assets are up, please don't fly a drone nearby. It wouldn't be intentional, but they can interfere with the response. Otherwise, great job bringing awareness.

[@markburnham3637]

In Canada, if there is any report of a drone near a fire, all active aircraft must be grounded immediately until resolved. That's how serious this is.

[@casucasueq4479]

Very interesting episode, really enjoyed the interviews.

[@casucasueq4479]

27:35 Is it possible for you and the professor to start a program where you use his access to student labor to help clear unwanted Eucalyptus sprouts and then seed the newly some of the burnt areas with indigenous fire resistant trees? *Now* seems like the time to put words into action. A patreon page & website later and you've got some funding to cover what isnt volunteer.

[@ryanmcewen415]

Can we just take a moment to give credit to the absolute Mad Men operating those helicopters, bombing those fires? They need to get damn close to those fires to drop. What they are doing is very dangerous but they do it over and over and over! Mad respect to these brave men and women!

[@netby]

400 euros an hour...make them to do it....🙂

[@markusboating]

Good to see you don‘t stop making the videos! 😊 (forget your name but I am glad you continued) 😊😊👍🏻

[@lancemumford3106]

I wonder if you could create fire brakes around your land, similar to the road where the fire stopped in the video. Cut back all the vegetation around the perimeter to keep fire from jumping to your property. It is a thought.

[@avashthapa2435]

Thanks for this amazing video with alot of great content. Biggest respect to firefighters out there. I kind of agree on the professor about his local level approach. To drive the mindset of people locally is a big challenge especially when there is money incoming. As you guys have enough land to research and set an example with. It would be great to see more research and update in this area to show the world better option and safer place to live. Thanks again. Great video.

[@therusticbus5148]

I’m from Australia, north east Victoria, one of the most fire prone areas, most start by lightning. each year they do planned burns in crown land mainly to reduce the understory. In early 2020 i experienced first hand one of the largest campaign fires, burnt for almost 3 months. Once it jumped from the ground fires and got into the tree canopy it had enough fuel to create its own wind with sparks and ash setting spread up to 2 km in front of the fire front. Farmers know to get their stock to eat down paddocks in the summer as this provides a break between the forest areas. We call mimosa’s wattles over here and they burn really well and are also first to regenerate. Most Large established eucalypts spread across farmers paddocks survived but those planted in rows for wind breaks didn’t fare so well as they were more concentrated plantings

[@pattiklaus9580]

Well produced, great thorough content! Thank you Project Kamp, and congratulations!

[@annejohnson491]

Hi from Australia, we have more than enough forest fires here. We also have eucalyptus trees that are native, as our people need more homes they are building in the rural parts of Australia. When we have our dry season the fires start, from lightning and in some by people. I hope you can get rid of your evasive trees and replant with native ones. I watch your show as it covers some of my dreams for the future. Good luck.🤘

[@noteworthyfiction]

This was an awesome and very relevant video. Thanks for sharing the information, struggles, and research!

[@rensspanjaard]

it might be nice to look at the 'permaculture' work of David holmgren, he is also in a fire risk zone in australia permaculture has some long fire prevention strategies, but off-course this perma knowledge comes from native tribes that took care of there lands doing small controlled fires and had land manage practices with rotational grazing to keep dry grasses low for example. long term strategies based on close nature observation needed

[@janp7943]

Great episode! I learned so much! Thanks for making it! Stay safe and see you next time.

[@joaochaparro7785]

Fantastic video. ☺️💪👏👏👏 Congratulations

[@frigolero]

Thank you very much for documenting all this information. Ver helpful to hear and see what's happening and what people think of it.

[@paulgallop2643]

Thanks very much for this special episode. I enjoy all your presentations. While this one may be unusual and sad to watch, Project Kamp's particularly "risky" geographic location is now better understood. The interviews were very informative. In particular, I enjoyed hearing from your choice of seasoned, local professionals. Factual data, without hasty emotional conclusions, is essential in an appropriate and effective approach towards issues of accelerating climate change. Carry on.

[@yodaz101]

Solution. Cut fire breaks, cut all eucalyptus, acacia, shrubs, use tractor to plow under grass and undergrowth. Use metal roofs, build water cisterns and artificial ponds, pumps hoses. Keep cars out of brush, keep smoking designated areas with clay dirt areas, no campfires. Use fire absorbing trees as a wall. Cut semicircles into slopes retain water. Don't do conventional farming. Rototiller. Put pumps, sprinklers on roofs, build DOME Concrete houses + hempcrete insulation- fire resistant...keep all plants, brush and anything that burns in permiter of crushed rock away from house. Nothing around house. Build disaster pod underground for fite. Nany things you can do......

[@tiagogomes3807]

All of those have very limited impact when made on a small scale. There are simply not enough people to do that work. Aside the cost and who would pay for it there is not enough people living there to make that work. Project Kamp has 10 people maintaining a 10 hectar area and they barely can keep the small patches of land they cleaned... That region of Portugal is complicated. They have lots of rain in the winter and torching heat in summer.

[@KsenaIvankova]

Thank you for the video! I don't know if this information is relevant for Portugal, but we also have a lot of fires in Russia. There, anti-fire trenches are being created along the railway tracks and at the fire-dangerous borders of residential areas. In fact, this is a line of land several meters wide, where trees, grass and other plants do not grow. It could be a trench in the ground, a line of sand, anything unflammable that would stop a fire if it came from outside. It's quite a lot of work to build and maintain on your own, but maybe this could be the solution for your land.

[@rebeccaburnell9319]

Absolutely shreds my heart to see academics (or otherwise very knowledgeable people who care) who've lost all hope. (I've been highly involved in grassroots climate justice activism for years, and also closely follow scientists who're involved in IPCC work, so I see it often enough) People like you at Project Kamp are the solution. Doesn't matter that you're the extreme exception rather than the rule at the moment. Ideas are viral, with or without the internet. The vast majority of people don't see anything like you around them, and are surrounded by "status quo" human environments and activities. When someone encounters ideas like yours, it feels out of touch/unrealistic to them. But the memory of what they heard/saw, even if all they heard/saw is only a tiny corner of what you're doing, is a seed. It matters. It may not change the world tomorrow, but it shows paths to a different future. I'm doing something radically different too - I'm only one person, but I'm also surrounded by some people in this rural area who are doing other fascinating things. And we're learning from each other, and from others elsewhere. I wish things could change faster, because it's so urgent, but I can't make things change any faster than the pace of what I can change in my own life. And what I change in my own life, inspires others to make changes. At a slow pace. But it's an improved pace over what it would be if I wasn't "participating." And then change ripples out from them, too. Everything matters.

[@katouneful]

Looks like Australia in 2019.. Everything looks so dry and smoky. Wishing you all the best!

[@nickgrimmer7274]

Might be useful to see if you can build your own water truck for fire fight on your land?stay safe😃❤️🙏

[@peterkilvert2712]

Good to see a fire extinguisher !

[@Eddi.M.]

Very interesting episode! I was thinking myself about what should be done next to exchanging and removing the parts of the vegetation that increase the fire risk. There are fairly many fire resistant or tolerant plants, not only cork oaks. Most of them come from outside of Portugal, however. Knowing now that 93% of the fires are started by humans and excluding oneself as a cause, I was thinking about constructive fire prevention: water channels, firewalls (can also act as windbreaks), roads and paths that make the fires accessible for fire fighters with their vehicles, hydrants, having your own fire fighting equipment (hoses, tanks, vehicle), sensors. I think that partitioning the land is important, preventing the spreading, but most of the fires spread through the air via these flakes that you showed. One needs to protect the houses, humans and animals especially... Ongoing thought process.

[@AdricM]

good news, the power lines you dont like are ons good fire brake. may consider making other fire lines, (cleared areas the size of roads to hopefully stop a fire.

[@alanmcrae8594]

An excellent video that addresses a topic we've all been worrying about! Tree species that not only burn more easily but spread more quickly after a forest fire than other species are not what you want to be planting intentionally. (Another example of things we humans do to make money in the short-term that have devastating effects in the long-term.) Anyone living in or near a forest needs to get educated about forest fires very quickly. Global climate change is likely going to bring a forest fire to an area near you very soon. (Not to mention that you may have new neighbors that are city folk and have no experience or training in dealing with fire situations in a forest instead of in a sea of asphalt, concrete and steel. Basically, anybody can become the cause of a devastating forest fire that ends up costing you everything you've ever worked for. Let that sink in. Anybody...) How to survey your property and the surrounding properties to spot fire susceptibility, firefighting access points, water sources, and escape routes. Planning to remediate forest areas that are at high risk for forest fire by planting alternative types of trees, shrubs, plants and soil moisture retaining ground covers according to Permaculture first principles. Training your community members in first responder fire emergency procedures, making sure you have the proper tools for firefighting, and having a failsafe walkie-talkie communications backup system that will allow every group to communicate during a very dangerous fire outbreak situation. Every second is going to count, and fight or flight decisions will determine the extent of the damage and the possible loss of lives. Thorough preparation & training are the best chance you have for an optimal outcome from a forest fire event. FYI: I have been looking at a smartphone app that can link first responders & village folk during any disaster event to a dynamic status & tactical map display of a geographic area. The app requires that all users have either cell system or wifi access to the internet from either a smartphone or tablet, and each user can be displayed on the geographic map in relation to the threat and other members of the group. This seems like a very useful technology app to me, although I am not sure how well it currently performs and what the server-side costs might be. In any case, the app is called SituationWare by Ackdev Inc. in the Google App Store. In a fire prone region, it might be a useful tool. So glad the good people at Project Kamp are already working on their forest fire preparedness. Very wise!

[@DJ-uk5mm]

This was a really interesting episode pleas pass on my thanks to your excellent interviewees We’ll done

[@Sciayam]

Thank you for the lecture - scary times - I wish you luck

[@michaelenglund]

Thanks for the informative video and your ambitions. About building materials. Wood can also be made safe. In Swwden we have built and continuing to build with wood and there are techniques for making wood structures safe.

[@TUNEin2Bliss]

This episode was fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@flclare6135]

Here in Australia we burn back before heat of summer, we many of our tree, some tree need fire to reseed germinate, all the undergrowth is now being managed by the native Aboriginal method, taken years to start to listen, fuel load is a a big contributors, plant more trees to the regional, ground is cooler in the under Croft of a shade tree.

[@MsCaleb79]

Now I understand why there are so many dark clouds over sweden, I wish you will be safe

[@mechbest8685]

Good content guys! Thanks for the info

[@Castlebahun]

Very wise gent indeed.

[@painchaud2000]

Feels like an apocalyptic moment....and like there isn't much you can do about it in the moment.....I would clear a huge "canal" of trees and grass around the land so fire can't get to the Kamp.

[@karronlaneNOLA]

excellent content. thanks.

[@scottraven1721]

Stay safe out there Thanks for sharing

[@mindshelfpro]

Again I love the educational video just like the one with cork harvesting.

[@andytweed5651]

As an Australian, I find it insane that you decided to drive towards a fire

[@nathanhaldane3834]

Sad reality for portugal citizens and government need to come up with a plan of cleaning up rural land to prevent such fires and maintain the law of no fires even controlled 1s in the wild fire seasons because prevention is always better than cure god bless portugal and may he deliver the citizens of portugal peace

[@arielbell4809]

I don't know, chasing fires just to watch is gross. Interviewing Fire Fighting professionals is very informative and useful.

[@fredrikekelund7301]

Very interesting!

[@jetblack2602]

interesting, thanks!

[@donnacosta5633]

That pizza oven can be a fire starter in dry weather, if flaming debris gets out of the chemney and into the air... forest next to it! ♨💥

[@Amy-yr2bg]

As someone who lives in wildfire central (California), I was pretty shocked to see the firefighters and police allowing you to get this close to the fires. Trees and power lines can fall and block roads and embers can set off new blazes that will block escape routes.

[@antbrk986]

Eucalyptus acacia and pine are all very fast growing trees and in so doing they suck the soil dry creating ideal environment for fires

[@gailandrews3625]

In South Africa, we actively burn fire breaks. Wonder if that wouldn’t help 🤔

[@sshaw4429]

Stay safe!

[@NidhiSingh-si7dr]

Many thanks for this episode. Very vital information shared. I personally want to know the naturals species of the region.

[@christines5430]

Thank you for this in-depth, important video. It is such a shame to see all that eucalyptus invading Portugal. I hope there are programs in place to remove it and replace with native trees.

[@Sofia_Freja]

please don't chase fires like this. it's incredibly dangerous. It might seem irresistible for people who are new to a region that suffers fires. But you could very easily end up trapped, or you might just get in the way of fire fighters. Stay safe! We live with this in the Pacific North West and on the West Coast of the USA. It can be even worse here when it occurs in our forests.

[@scania9786]

Plus they used a drone in an area a helicopter was, seems pretty irresponsible

[@justoneacre7873]

If it’s eucalyptus burning you really want to run away. The volatile oils in the leaves become a vapour and the air explodes. A little fire can become huge in seconds catching animals and humans unaware.

[@aaronolsen3985]

Echoing another comment about swales to retain water on the land. I'm curious how much you think of the rain that falls on your land stays on your land (i.e., doesn't immediately run off)? I would think retaining as much of that water as possible would be one factor in reducing fire risk.

[@OviHentea]

No mention of setting fires to change land-use? I heard some laws (possibly Galicia) where a burnt forest can become agricultural.

[@diogor420]

Nope, that doesn't happen in Portugal

[@ab-ym3bf]

@@diogor420 what does happen is having land set on fire so it can be bought up on the cheap for yet another eucalyptus plantage.

[@diogor420]

@@ab-ym3bf Yes, exactly

[@yodaz101]

Pisses me off, doing it on purpose...throw the book at them😠😠😠

[@mousanaonymous1037]

this is lit 🔥🔥

[@toddincabo]

excelente

[@kearnsey64]

Even the Native Americans practiced good forestry. They knew instinctively how to manage their surroundings. We have no excuses.

[@donnacosta5633]

The fire shown in this video was very small, not one of the worst, compared to October 2017 when more than 50 people died, most in their cars fleeing their villages. The 2017 fire was like a tsunami of fire and it outrun cars and spread through the air with debris in flames falling more than 1000 meters away from front. People living in isolated areas must make a plan for evacuation, and must pay close attention to the public orders issued by the local Camaras to stay away from forests and forest roads during heatwaves. When a fire is declared, the authorities ask people to avoid all roads unless absolut necessary to drive, and NOT GOING to see the fire, as this often endangers them and can block roads for emergency services.

[@noname-nd8ec]

In Australia, rural fire brigades used to back burn to put in fire breaks before the fire season. Environmentalists protested and 'back burning' has progressively been stopped all together, resulting in 'out of control' fires that burn out thousands of hectares, destroy property, kill humans, wildlife and are an environmental catastrophe. But they refuse to admit they are wrong and the environment continues to suffer...because of the environmentalists!!

[@brendansharp4856]

Have you considered doing a controlled fire break on your land? It might be costly and I don’t know the process of hiring someone, but it’s common in my country to see firebreaks being done in hot dry areas to control the spread of wild fires

[@calim8]

muy bueno amigos me dieron ganas de ser bombero

[@missmae2415]

Western America is also on fire! I didn’t catch the update today, but it was all around Yosemite National Forest yesterday! 😟 stay safe!

[@antonshill]

yes very interesting pls reserch how to protect your property and so on

[@heinrichbuchler8491]

Yes is sade to see hiw the world go down

[@vincentsherlock6617]

Because Portugal 50+ years ago thought they can go into the big paper milling business and put Eucalyptus trees everywhere. But then the email was invented.

[@josemorenoporras7506]

Get a few goats for your land,a few cows and ships,the perfect team to have a good clear land. In Spain we have the same situation. Abandoned land and not a good management of the natural resources...

[@kodavidkoko]

Fire Suppression Pond, moat, sand barriers

[@WildnisfamilieNetOfficial]

In 2017, the fire was right there with us. We ran for our lives with our seven children and many animals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH3FfGqQgLh_f5o&t= I understand on the one hand that you look at it from the proximity - but sooner or later you come if you live in Portugal even in the "pleasure". I see the video therefore critically . On the one hand it is interesting but generally I think such a "fire tourism" for the fire department and all involved rather hindering and I do not know whether this voyeurism must be from private people. Especially because you do not know how fire behaves and then the fire department may have unnecessary use. So I guess they think: "Another stupid foreigner around". We have cleared our 4 acres of eucalyptus and planted native trees. That was the first thing we did as we came here 11 years ago...

[@davidfirth6535]

Very sad to see, stay safe.

[@MarksGoneWicked]

No stranger to wildfires, I live in California. There's currently a massive fire near Yosemite National Park. Recently we've had an arsonist starting multiple fires just to the south of me, plus lots of homeless encampments catching fire.

[@netby]

90% of wildfires in Portugal are " man made" for several reasons that goes from the crazied people that like to see the flames to some unconfessed various interests.....

[@catherinefletcher3258]

Goats should help with bushes.

[@sshaw4429]

The whole world is on fire! It’s crazy.

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, excuse my ignorance but how do the original fires start? Is it carelessness like someone throwing cigarette out of a car window, a bottle left focussing sunlight onto dry grass or is the heat enough to cause combustion? That will teach me to watch the whole video before asking a question, Doh!

[@glauberamos]

In the video thay say people put fire intentionally as well. Like they light things on fire.

[@H2Dwoat]

@@glauberamos hi, thanks. I was a bit quick off the mark with my question I did catch that when I watched the rest of the video. I must admit I thought it might be negligent behaviour but to also hear it was sometimes deliberate was shocking.

[@campus206]

You should be careful to use drones in areas where helicopters fly as in this case, the air space is very restricted and more in areas like this one with fires where helicopters fly at low altitude, since you could cause an accident if the helicopter collides with it drone, you could face very high fines if they denounce you for a few hundred thousand euros, in Spain it is a very serious sanction and I imagine that the same will happen in Portugal, apart from the fact that you need a license to use them

[@uberraschtedame1510]

In case of doubt it is always about the power and the money. If you are interested in Portucel -The Navigator Company Pulp and paper industry company and the Eucalyptus disaster I can send you an article. Let's just say that Portugal was a paradise free of huge fires before they ruined the ecosystems and the biodiversity to produce toilet paper for the EU. The EU in their negotiations for entering the "club" 1986, forced Portugal, Galicia and Asturias to give up the dairy farms and industries, milk, cheese... so they would not compete with Holland, Belgium, France at lower prices and let the rural areas of Portugal and parts of Spain to abandonment and ruin, they paid the farmers to get rid of their cows and farms and the fields were left abandoned, then during twenty years "they" set provoked fires all over Portugal and Galicia burning pine forests and autochthonous oaks, chestnuts and corks forest so people had no choice but to plant Eucalyptus that they provided for free (reforestation), the farmers planted the trees that they will burn their villages, ironic. The children of the farmers emigrated to Lisbon and Porto and many, many more (25.6% of the population) to France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Holland... and now people from those countries can buy the properties of their grandfathers for peanuts. So all the bull s**t that the European Union talks about the environment is just a scam, they do not care about biodiversity, or climate change, the Eucalyptus plantations dry the lands and do not retain moisture, they contribute to the desertification and impoverishment of the soil, they do not create the leaves that feed earthworms and beneficial microbes, we get the HUGE fires and now people are forced to clean their properties when before with more people living in the rural areas and cooking on open fires or burning or smoking they where far fewer fires. The Brazilians call these the green desserts, no insect live, no rodent live , no bird live, no mammal live, no water, no humidity, no human life, nothing. You should have seen Portugal 50 years ago it was a whole different country. And that is Globalism in action. We do worry about using a car or burning fuel, but we are just a tiny, tiny nothing compared to what they do is like comparing a pimple to a volcano. We got the climate indoctrination, they transfer the blame to us, they do NOT care. Like they are doing in Ukraine, flooding the country with weapons feeding the war, so the West can go to war with Russia till the last Ukrainian, while they buy the gas in parallel from Russia. These are not autochthonous forests they have been brought from Tasmania and Australia to transform Portugal into a Third World industrial plantation, a gift from the EU and the Globalist to the paper mill corporations. The Portuguese landscape, rural economy and local climate, have been decimated when the paper mills controlled the land and the corrupt politicians (ministers of environment and agriculture). Look at this article from the LA Times from... 1990!!! www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-04-wr-5993-story.html They do not care and sadly while we are looking at the ozone layer and the polar bears which are far from our control, it is happening right here under our noses. Did you know that Portugal is the country with more hectares of Eucalyptus on Earth?, yes more than Australia. A foreign tree that is invasive and dangerous, yet it is not classified as such by the ministry of environment because it is controlled by the mills. If you want droughts and fires, plant Eucalyptus and this really will affect you directly with long heat waves and lack of rain or humidity. I live in the North of Portugal and in the last 50 years I have noticed the impact of these industrial reforestations, we lost our summer cooling fogs after hot days, that used to come from the winter humidity stored in the autochthonous forests, as well as the cooling effects coming from the shadow of large masses of deciduous forests, also the biodiversity of fauna and flora, plenty of insects like bees, birds of prey, foxes... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5_YZY1vpq6Ff7c kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3PVg2OMeMeSr7s kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGKzZ4qHmbBraZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4XQf2yKeNiiaKM kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIOwk35nhN9saqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYmqonWlgq-Mn6s

[@kernelpanic2887]

Please don't fly drones when helicopters are around ._.

[@julianbouquet3536]

Its sooo loud!

[@moreless877]

I was expecting a bunch of smiles and over active head movement like usual

[@RoryMoulton]

The extreme heat and wildfires will only get worse. (Plus the highway noise.) Hmm, is this really where you want to live?

[@soltanakouider5922]

good

[@heloisabagnara5487]

Precisamos proteger nosso solo! É possível plantar e reflorestar, tudo junto no mesmo canteiro. Cobrindo o solo mantemos ele úmido. Com o manejo das plantas temos a materia orgânica para proteger o solo. Isso não é culpa do Eucalipto, é do ser humano com sua obsessão por monocultura, onde acham que abundância vem de um só alimento.

[@heloisabagnara5487]

AGROFLORESTA

[@HeidiPriest]

I think fire is what scares me the most

[@shelizasagala3739]

Will you build a fire barrier?

[@MegaToiletboy]

Retain more water sounds smart! Maybe consider using goats (from neighbours) to manage larger areas?