Fire and Inequality: when some succumb for others to prosper

New Opinion Piece: Fire and Inequalities!

Fátima Alves, researcher and coordinator of the Societies and Environmental Sustainability Research Group at the Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Associated Laboratory Terra at the University of Coimbra, and its extension at Universidade Aberta in Portugal, reflects in Diário As Beiras on how wildfires do not affect everyone equally and questions the normalization of this tragedy.

"The precariousness of environmental protection policies and the fire industry create an inequality that extends to the ashes." While some struggle to survive, others profit from the flames. It's time to change this narrative!

Read the full article in the PDF below and reflect on how we can transform our relationship with nature and society.