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1. Fire-prone regions such as Águeda, Mação and Bragança see rural depopulation and agricultural land use increasing fire risk. They have burned in both the 2001-10 and 2011-20 decades

Portugal

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Águeda

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Lisbon

2. Fires have spread into new land in 2011-20, with large fires being been made worse by eucalyptus plantations creating the fuel for fires to grow

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Fires have spread into new land in 2011-20, with large fires being been made worse by eucalyptus plantations creating the fuel for fires to grow

Portugal

Fire-prone regions such as Águeda, Mação and Bragança see rural depopulation and agricultural land use increasing fire risk. They have burned in both the 2001-10 and 2011-20 decades

Águeda

2003 fires saw about 10% of the country's forests burn

Lisbon

Fires hit the south of Portugal hard again in 2018

100km

100mi

Fire-prone regions such as Águeda, Mação and Bragança see rural depopulation and agricultural land use increasing fire risk. They have burned in both the 2001-10 and 2011-20 decades

Águeda

Fires have spread into new land in 2011-20, with large fires being been made worse by eucalyptus plantations creating the fuel for fires to grow

2003 fires saw about 10% of the country's forests burn

Portugal

Lisbon

Fires hit the south of Portugal hard again in 2018