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FIRE THAT KILLS

Fires in natural environments are one of the greatest threats to ecosystems, causing severe impacts to living beings and impairing the availability and supply of water in Rola-Moça Mountains State Park.

In this protected area, many forest fires occur, whether natural, accidental or criminal. Fires around the park can get out of control and destroy areas that were not expected to be reached – many of them extremely sensitive to the passage of fire. In the dry season, between the months of May and October, the air humidity is very low, the winds are very strong and the vegetation dries. These factors facilitate and potentiate the rapid spread of forest fires. Thus, these fires can gain large proportions, compromising natural resources in an irreversible way, compromising the water supply and the survival of the living beings that are here. Furthermore, high levels of material, human and financial resources are spent in combat actions.

One of the ways that you, a visitor, can help protect this protected area against fire is to take extreme care with small actions such as lighting matches and cigarettes, never making fires, collecting all the generated waste and disposing of it in an appropriate places.

Dial 193 or 0800 283 2323 to report any occurrence of forest fire in this region.