Arthur de Laborde, edited by Laura Laplaud 08:18, October 28, 2022
Firefighters, airplane or helicopter pilots, volunteers ... Emmanuel Macron receives this Friday at the Elysée all the actors mobilized against the forest fires which ravaged 72,000 hectares this summer.
The opportunity for the Head of State to make some announcements and reflect on the future of the forest.
In the south-west of France, more than 70 departments are still on drought alert after a summer already marked by heat waves and fires.
72,000 hectares in total were ravaged, mainly in Gironde.
Firefighters, airplane or helicopter pilots, volunteers... All those who have been mobilized to fight forest fires this summer are received this Friday at the Élysée.
Emmanuel Macron wants to thank them for the work done and will make some announcements.
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Modernize civil security
The first is to modernize civil security.
Its budget has already increased by 40% over the past five years to reach 629 million euros, specifies the Elysée, while recognizing that more will have to be done.
Emmanuel Macron should notably announce additional air resources.
His entourage explains that France has one of the largest fleets in Europe, but that it is now necessary to take into account the climatic situation, forcing it to manage very virulent fires at the same time.
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Plant 140 million trees by 2023
The Head of State should also make changes to the force employment doctrine, in particular to transmit the strong experience of managing forest fires, from the Mediterranean basin to departments so far spared by major disasters. magnitude.
The president will also talk about the future of the forest by launching a major ecological planning project.
The opportunity to decline the objective set in its candidate program, to plant 140 million trees by 2030.