Certainly it is becoming increasingly common to suggest planting deciduous forests around municipalities. Obviously, we could remove the forests completely, but that would create somewhat desert-like landscapes. So we need to have more deciduous trees. In the boreal forest, this means poplars and birches, in particular, which go a long way to reducing the risk of fire. Adding deciduous trees would go a long way to reducing the risk of fire in our forests just about everywhere around municipalities.
On October 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.