Question

Some people argue that a policy of putting out wildfires is having a negative long-term effect on the number and strength of wildfires. Suggest why this could be the case.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to this is simple.  

There is a school of thought that believes that natural fires are necessary.

Explanation

They are required to reduce the density of the forests that are so thick that when they eventually burn, the effects are usually catastrophic. According to one source, some of these forests are over a hundred years old. When eventually these kinds of forests catch fire, they become very hard to manage and the destruction the leave are usually worse off than if they had not been allowed to so heavy and impenetrable.  

Another reason put forward by this school of thought is that the countries who own these forests have politicised wildfires using them as an excuse to attract international funding/assistance because the fires are depleting the worlds protective greenery/earth biggest natural oxygen factory.

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