France wildfire: Local economy faces huge rebuilding and reforestation bill

Firefighters are still working to contain forest fires tearing through France's Gironde department, but the rebuilding bill is already coming into focus. France 24 reports the cost of replanting scorched woodland could run between five and ten thousand euros per hectare, according to the government. That estimate covers just the reforestation piece, not the wider economic toll on a region still fighting to put the flames out.

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