An international conference on wildfires being held in Co Kerry has heard Ireland has 'a flammable landscape' and this will have to be managed more as extended periods of drought become more normal.
An international conference on wildfires being held in Co Kerry has heard Ireland has"a flammable landscape" and this will have to be managed more as extended periods of drought become more normal.
A return to this form of land management was to be encouraged here too, forest engineer Ciarán Nugent said. The fire which engulfed a third of the Killarney national park in April 2021 after a dry spell, the event heard, had been fueled by 30 years of untreated vegetation - particularly grasses and other material.
This year’s wet spring meant there had been no controlled burning, and that vegetation would be fuel for a fire either later this year or next year whenever the next drought would arise. The changes in climate were happening much more quickly - and emissions were stretching across continents, the conference heard. Smoke from the fires in Canada had crossed the Atlantic and was observed over Banna Strand in Tralee last year.
"Vegetation is flammable in this country," he said and as weather became drier and warmer more fires from leisure activities could be expected.
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