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Greek summer fires
- signatures:
- signature goal: 1,000
- Target: Hellenic ministry of the environment,physical planning and public works
- Sponsored by: Greek people who actually care about their country
Please read this and know why it is crucial that we act now:
1. Why are the forests being set on fire?
To clear out large acres of land for urbanization (to construct buildings for housing and commercial purpose)
2. What happens when the forests are burnt down?
(a) Greek forests are home to rare and endangered species. Forests also play an important role as breeding grounds for the wildlife. And when these forests are burnt down, the wildlife will gradually go extinct without a home and a breeding ground.
(b) Deforestation leads to oxygen depletion, and also increase in temperature, because leaves transpire and inhale CO2 and that leads to cooling of air, and when large areas of forests are burnt down, it leads to a raise in global temperature, leading to increase in global warming.
3. What is the solution to this?
(a) Reforestation is a major solution to the loss of so many .
(b) The forest dept currently employs only 1000 people, which was the same figure in 1913, when Greek population was 1/3rd of now. This employment number has to be increased in order to have more manpower to protect the forests.
(c) Greek army can be effectively utilized to guard and protect the forests from arsonists during the high-risk seasons.
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