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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