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Fires prompt Spain to place 30-year ban on forestry cultivation MADRID (AFP) Jan 29, 2005 The Spanish government intends to ban the cultivation of swathes of fire-ravaged forest for 30 years in an attempt to keep future fires at bay, Environment Minister Cristina Carbona said Saturday. The announcement comes after some 7,000 forest fires scorched 120,000 hectares of forestry in 2004. According to experts, around 90 percent of forest fires in Spain are sparked by humans, whether intentional or otherwise. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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