Wildfires devastate Europe; prevention requires landscape design, human action awareness, and ecological restoration.
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Wildfires are severely impacting several European countries; Spain burned 373,000 hectares in 2025, while France experienced its worst fire in 70 years, and Italy saw over 700 fires in seven months. Experts attribute these events to a combination of heatwaves, drought, and wind, noting that human activity is responsible for the vast majority of fires across the EU. Solutions require moving beyond simple firefighting to long-term prevention through territorial planning, such as creating access roads and clearing vegetation. Future forest design should focus on resilience, potentially using agroforestry or controlled grazing by herbivores to reduce fuel load. While some efforts are showing reduced fatalities despite increased burn areas, experts stress that systemic changes in policy, land management, and public awareness are necessary for a sustainable “forest of the future.”
