Forest fires: an environmental emergency of human origin

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Jaime Senabre (1966). Psychologist with a multidisciplinary academic background. Environmental Consultant and Technical in Emergencies and Civil Protection. He has several Masters in Mediation and Resolution in Social Conflicts, Social Intervention in Disadvantaged Areas, Intercultural Mediation and Social Education. Expert in Psychological Intervention in Emergencies and Disasters, as well as in Human Resources Management. He has lectured at national and international congresses and made numerous publications related to stress, emotional trauma, risk perception, forest fires and climate change. In Spain, he is the Director and President of the Scientific Committee of the National Symposium on Forest Fire - SINIF. He has been part of the Organizing Committee of some international scientific meetings related to the Sciences of the Earth and the Change.. Being a Keynote Speaker at International Conference on Earth Science & Geo Science Conference held by Scientific Federation Dr. Jaime Senabre is going to talk on ‘Forest fires: an environmental emergency of human origin.’ A brief summary is presented here.

One of the reasons why an individual, a community and a society do not act in a preventive way when faced with the probability of a risk is because of the perception of the probability of occurrence of that risk and the proximity of its consequences. Forest fires are presented as an environmental problem in which many factors influence and can compromise the socio-economic development of future generations. In Spain they have burned almost 2 million hectares in what we have of century. The year 2017 is considered the most tragic in history in Portugal, where more than 500,000 hectares have been burned and the lives of more than 100 people have been tragically lost. The current forest fire regime is likely to change due to its relation to the climate. The rainfall regime is also changing, with a decrease in water availability and an increase in periods of drought, heat waves and pests, especially in the Mediterranean countries. The scientific community starts talking about sixth-generation forest fires, linked to the effects of climate change on a continental scale. However, from a causal and social view of the problem, omitting the role of "human" (anthropogenic variables) in the probability of occurrence of forest fires would be to pose the problem in a partial way and would be exaggerating the protagonism granted to another type of factors of more difficult control. If we analyze the 16 most devastating forest fires in Spain in this century, we found that 87.50% had their origin in the human factor (50% intentional) and the other 12.50% were caused by lightning. Climate change is part of a natural process of a living planet, although human pressure is perhaps altering and accelerating it. It is possible to take action and start working on a change of thought and attitude of the human being, restoring old customs, adapting them to the new times and thinking about the next generations.