IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES THE PASTURAGE OF FORESTS IMPEDES THE FORMATION OF AN EASILY INFLAMMABLE LAYER OF DRY HERB AT SOIL SURFACE AND REDUCES CONSIDERABLY THE DANGER OF FOREST FIRES
IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES THE PASTURAGE OF FORESTS IMPEDES THE FORMATION OF AN EASILY INFLAMMABLE LAYER OF DRY HERB AT SOIL SURFACE AND REDUCES CONSIDERABLY THE DANGER OF FOREST FIRES (english)
In northern Europe the rainy summer impedes the formation of an easily inflammable layer of dry herb at soil surface, and impedes considerably the beginning and propagation of forest fires. But in Mediterranean climates, when the forest is not pastured, a layer of dry herb is formed at soil surface, and this layer favours the beginning and propagation of forest fires. That is why pasturage is necessary, when the forest is not sufficiently dense, to impede the growth of grass. Grass should be eliminated before it is dried. The combination of sheep and goats is useful, because goats eat also shrubs.
Η μελέτη αυτή αναφέρεται στις αιτίες που καθιστούν αναγκαία τη βόσκηση των δασών κατά την άνοιξη, σε περιοχές με μεσογειακό κλίμα. Έτσι, στις περιοχές αυτές, τα δάση πρέπει να βόσκονται την άνοιξη προτού η βλάστηση κάτω από τα δένδρα ξεραθεί και γίνει έυφλεκτη. Στην αντίθετη περίπτωση σχηματίζεται ένα στρώμα ξερού χόρτου πάνω στο έδαφος, που διευκολύνει τρομερά τις πυρκαγιές.
