The Farmers Mart Aug-Sep 2018 - Issue 58 | Page 23

FARM NEWS 23
• AUG/SEP 2018
NSA WARNS OF LINK BETWEEN UPLAND
REWILDING AND DEVASTATING WILDFIRES
WITH devastating scenes of
wildfires raging over Saddleworth
Moor across the news this week
the National Sheep Association
(NSA) is warning of the increased
risk of similar disasters if propos-
als to re-wild many of the UK’s
upland areas are pursued.
Combined risk factors of predict-
ed climate change and weather
patterns with removal of grazing an-
imals that have in the past protected
uplands from out of control fires by
creating natural firebreaks could
mean the fires causing distress
amongst people living and working
in the area could become more
widespread.
NSA Chief Executive Phil Stocker
comments: “Wildfires are becoming
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