Mourning the loss of the High Fenns in Belgium
Belgium lost this week the majority of one its finest nature reserves. On Friday the 14th, after months of drought and heat, our high wetlands and peat caught fire. And the fire escalated quickly to our 2nd biggest fire in history. Only a worse fire ever happened in 1911. The High Fenns, so close to our weekendhouse, such a precious place to unwind and enjoy space...a rare quality in Belgium. As an addict I doom scrolled online to all local news: city updates, be-alerts, governor updates, fire departments, extra news departments, ... The first days the fire just expanded in the high winds, despite international air help arriving from Sweden, Netherlands, Germany. It's so devestating to realise that precious ecosystems are forever lost, peatlands burnt up to 7meter deep that take 1mm to grow per year. Our lovely place. The pictures below are no more. (although the last ones at the German border probably are intact) I believe Brackvenn is still intact, ...
