Bulgaria: Full Recovery of Pirin Forest After Wildfire May Take 50 Years

The forest in Pirin, severely damaged by one of the largest wildfires in recent memory, will need at least half a century to return to its previous state, said Eng. Ivan Rizov, head of the State Forestry Department in Strumyani, during an interview for bTV.

The fire has ravaged more than 45,000 decares of land, and estimates suggest that over 30,000 of those are forest areas....