25. Jun 2025 | General, Recent Events, Wildfires
On the Greek island of Chios, firefighting efforts continue against the forest and bush fires that have been raging since Sunday. Several hundred firefighters and numerous islanders are working tirelessly. As the fires broke out almost simultaneously in three...
2. Jun 2025 | General, Recent Events, Wildfires
Large-scale wildfires are currently raging in central and western Canada. The provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are particularly affected, where a state of emergency was declared on May 28 due to the ongoing fires. More than 17,000 people have had to be evacuated...
5. Feb 2025 | General, Vegetation Fires, Wildfires
The EU Horizons projects FirEUrisk and SILVANUS are jointly organising two webinars on best practices in dealing with forest fires in Europe with the support of FIRELOGUE. The events are aimed at experts, researchers, political decision-makers and interested parties...
22. Jan 2025 | General, Wildfires
In an interview with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Johann Georg Goldammer from the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), we talk about the causes and prevention of fires, particularly in California. Question: How did the fires in California happen, especially in January,...
