15910 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/nato-provides-air-support-to-help-greece-fight-forest-fires/2654659BRUSSELS NATO sent firefighting aircraft and helicopters to Greece to help the country battle blazes, the alliance said on Friday. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) said that it is supporting Greece's firefighting efforts for the 11th consecutive year.2022-08-05T19:12+0200aa-en-9a36ff63cce65181dd7c34c4e5f18a0e20220805191200https://www.dw.com/en/how-do-we-fight-wildfires-as-the-planet-heats-up/a-62725149Fighting fire with fire. Controlled or "prescribed" burning of forest vegetation, most often in the cooler months, helps lessen wildfire hazards in the summer by reducing the amount of kindling available to fuel fires. In fire-prone nations like the United States, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Canada,....2022-08-05T17:41+0200deutschewelle-en-5ee9f961943a9cd080bde6575e83c36f20220805174100https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/08/05/nato-deploys-record-40-firefighting-aircraft-to-greeceA firefighting helicopter throws water near the village of Krestena south of Ancient Olympia, southwest of Athens, July 24, 2022. Copyright Giannis Spyrounis/ilialive.gr via AP NATO has deployed a record 40 firefighting aircraft to Greece to help the country combat wildfires, the alliance has announced.2022-08-05T17:25+0200euronews-en-238cb3390d62a0a1080e07613dc979e720220805172500https://earth.org/impact-of-wildfires/Climate change has led to the large-scale burning of our forests, with human, plant, and animal life being directly and indirectly affected. Forest fires are important for proper land management. However, if the fires keep raging for longer durations, encompassing more land and life with them, then....2022-08-05T12:54+0200earth-org-ed8f8df6cea4019c7928c5162381f77d20220805125400