August 28, 2007: Greece fires from space

[Karenv]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They have photos of some of these fires being set by arsonists, speculating they were hired by real estate developers. Tragic.

I just got back from Sicily and they have had the same problem. So they put a moratorium on developing burned forest land for 10 years. There is also a problem with people setting fires so they will be hired to plant more trees. <sigh>