Brussels, 30/10/2020 (Agence Europe) – The year 2019 was the worst year for forest fires in recent history. In Europe, more than 400,000 hectares (ha) of natural areas burnt last year, according to the latest annual report on forest fires from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, published on Friday 30 October. A record number of European protected areas in the Natura 2000 network were affected, with 159,585 ha burnt, particularly in Romania, where 73,444 ha of these...