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A post spreads false information; Joe Biden did visit Maui

Photo: Screenshot from a video Having interrupted his vacation in Nevada, the president of the USA, Joe Biden, visited Maui. He saw the damage inflicted by the terrifying fire that swallowed the island and claimed more than 100 victims. Evidence of his visit is the global media coverage, including video recordings from the event, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between...

The number of wildfires in North Macedonia decreases in 2022, the area destroyed this year dozens of times smaller than last year

After the catastrophic wildfires that engulfed North Macedonia's forests last year, the situation with wildfire prevention in the country this year has improved drastically. During the first 6 months of 2022, 69 wildfires were registered and an area of 733.02 hectares was burned, with 4 621 cubic meters of wood damaged, the Public Enterprise (PE) "Nacionalni shumi" (National Forests)...

Government of North Macedonia declares a 30-day state of emergency due to the wildfires

During today's 95th session, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted a decision for declaring a 30-day nationwide state of emergency, informed government's press service. The decision for declaring a state of emergency nationwide due to the wildfires and the necessity to prevent their spreading during a period of 30 days was adopted due to the need for...

Aforestation in North Macedonia reaching record lows, there will be nothing left to fight the climate change [infographic]

The aforestation in North Macedonia has been in decline during the past decade. In 2020, new trees were planted on 569 hectares only, which is the second-lowest level in the past decade, after 20,17 when 553 hectares of land were forested, show the data by the State Statistical Office. What's most worrisome is the fact that the country is gradually...

Wildfires ravaging throughout North Macedonia, the army mobilized for firefighting, complete ban on movement in forest areas imposed

From the morning, a complete ban for movement in the forest areas is in force in North Macedonia and the Government pleads the citizens not to go into the forests - both for their own safety and to prevent any further wildfires. The wildfire around the town of Kochani that ravaged last night has been localized and put under control....

In Turkey, continuing forest fires are destroying livelihoods

This story by Doga Celik and Arzu Geybullayeva originally appeared on Global Voices on August 2, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.   Since July 28, a total of 125 forest fires have raged through 21 provinces of Turkey with 8 still raging as of August 2. The first fire was reported on July 28. So far, the death toll has reached...