It’s only fair since I’m sure we’ll be asking them to return the favour shortly.
We’re returning the favour:
“… Canada will be sending wildland firefighting help, also thanking Chile for its “invaluable support” last summer, when Chile helped Canada fight unprecedented wildfires…”
But, yeah. Canada’s forests will likely burn strong again this summer, and the next, and the next. We’ll need help from whoever can offer it.
Eventually there will have to be an equilibrium. We burnt something like 5-7% of all Canadian forests last year. You can’t do that every year and still have forests to burn. The burnt areas form natural firebreaks while regrowing, which also slows things down.
I think the idea is that we need to do what we can to stop whatever forests are burning in Canada.
Because at some point, the loss will be catastrophically irreversible, if not for the forests, then for the wildlife we’ll lose in the process.
