“Gasoline Trees”: A matter of forest management, or is it time to cut them all?1

• Environment and Energy, Op-ed
• 21/10/2017

The eucalyptus – one of the most extended species in warm climate areas – is recently under the spotlight after a tough summer -and autumn- for firefighters in Southern Europe, especially in Portugal, since the tree species is considered to be more fire-prone. Is it time to replace them with local species, or to improve forest management in keeping the current plant masses?