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Kundera : « Nous avons tous besoin que quelqu’un nous regarde »

L’écrivain franco-tchèque Milan Kundera, est mort mardi 11 juillet 2023 à l’âge de 94 ans. L’auteur de « L’Insoutenable Légèreté de l’être » était l’une des plus grandes voix de la littérature mondiale. Dans les médias, sa voix était pourtant rare, puisqu’il refusait d’apparaître publiquement depuis le milieu des années 1980. En 1984, il avait néanmoins accepté de rencontrer le journaliste Bernard Pivot. Il avait alors expliqué en quoi, selon lui : “Nous avons tous besoin que quelqu’un nous regarde”.

Is France ready to face forest fires?

Fires burned 72,000 hectares of forest in France in 2022, seven times the annual average for the last ten years. Faced with this worrying surge in the number of fires and a shortage of firefighters, many regions are having to rethink their approach.

In southwestern France’s Gironde region, a department accustomed to the risk of wildfire, 32,000 hectares burned last year. The severity of the fires can be blamed on their intensity, having broken out simultaneously, and a precautionary culture that has weakened among farmers and the general public. The situation is all the more worrying in that, with climate change, the risk increases as the years go by.

In Gironde, as well as in regions where the risk of fire has long been infrequent, the 2022 wildfires raised awareness. From forest management to resources deployed to firefighter training and public awareness… How is France planning to protect its forests from the risk of fire?

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