Portugal: Tourists stranded as wildfires in Madeira endanger world-heritage forests
23
Aug
Portugal: Tourists stranded as wildfires in Madeira endanger world-heritage forests Sub: IR Sec: Places in news Context: The southern part of Madeira has been experiencing forest fires since last week, devastating over 5,000 hectares of wilderness. Details: The wildfires pose a severe threat to the world’s largest surviving laurel (Laurus nobilis) forests, a […]