A warming planet and land use changes mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades
already are seeing more blazes, and the likelihood of catastrophic wildfires globally could increase more than 50% by the turn of the century, according to the report from the U.N. Environment Program.
Tropical forests in Indonesia and the southern Amazon of South America also are likely to see increased wildfires, the report concluded. But U.N. researchers said many nations continue to spend too much time and money fighting fires and not enough trying to prevent them. Land use changes can make the fires worse, such as logging that leaves behind debris that can easily burn and forests that are intentionally ignited to clear land for farming, the report said.
. However, the administration of President Joe Biden has so far identified only a fraction of the funding called for in the plan.
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