2023
- 11 September (2023) Quarks (de): Forest Fires caused by climate change – or not?
- 28 August (2023) Tagesschau (de): Why is Canada burning so fiercely?
- 27 August (2023) Bild (de): Why are there more and more fires in the world?
- 26 August (2023) Neue Zürscher Zeitung (de): Europe on fire: More cooperation to help overwhelmed firefighters
- 23 August (2023) Welt (de): 18 bodies of migrants discovered in forest fires in Greece
- 22 August (2023) RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (de): Fire ecologist Alexander Held: Why do islands burn so often?
- 18 August (2023) Süddeutsche Zeitung (de): “In a healthy forest, it’s not that easy to light something with a cigarette”
- 2 August (2023) Euronews (en): Wildfire prevention: How Europe plans to handle blazes in the years ahead
- 2 August (2023) Bremen Zwei (de): After the fire: How long does nature need to recover?
- 27 July (2023) Perspective Daily (en): Forest fires: Why we must learn to live with fire again
- 26 July (2023) Daily Mirror (en): Inside horrifying Rhodes inferno rescue
- 26 July (2023) Bayern2 (de): Fire expert: Humans are the source of ignition
- 25 July (2023) phoenix (de): Alexander Held on the devastating fires in the Mediterranean Sea
- 25 July (2023) WDR aktuell (de): Interview with EFI fire expert (6:48 min)
- 23 July (2023) Sueddeutsche Zeitung (de): Fighting the flames with hoe and helicopter
- 13 July (2023) Financial Times (en): Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?
- 22 June (2023) Krautreporter (de): The controversy over forest fires and climate, explained in an understandable way
- 8 June (2023) Der SPIEGEL (de): Insufficient forest fire protection
- 7 June (2023) AFZ-der Wald (de): Against the fire
- 1 June (2023) Forst & Technik (de): Remote control
- 1 June (2023) Forst &Technik (de): Fire prevention
- 9 May (2023) Live Vodafone (de): More forest fires expected: experts seek counterstrategies
- 21 March (2023) Tagesschau (de): How to prevent forest fires
- 21 March (2023) SWR (de): Four out of five trees are diseased
- 21 March (2023) Globe Echo: New concepts: How to prevent forest fires
- 15 February (2023) Freiwillige Feuerwehr Oberoerdingen (de): Participation in colloquium of the Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg on the topic of “Forest Fires”
- 1 February (2023) FNR (de): Fire prevention
- 1 February (2023) FNR (de): Is dead wood fuel?
- 1 February (2023) FNR (de): Contemporary forest fire management
- 1 February (2023): Allgemeine Deutsche Forstzeitung: Forestry in Society
- 3 January (2023) Deutschlandfunk (de): Growing risk of forest fires in Europe
2022
- 24 December (2022) Inside Climate News: Holiday Traditions in the Forest Revive Spiritual Relationships with Nature, and Heal Planetary Wounds – Inside Climate News
- 14 December (2022) greenreport (it): Increasing natural disturbances in Europe put forests under pressure
- 28 October (2022) Holzblatt (de): Forestfires: Calling the emergency is not enough
- 11 October (2022) FNR (de): Manage forest fire risks 365 days a year
- 26 September (2022) Sat.1 Regional (de): Heath in flames: Large firefighting exercise by the fire department in Lüchow
- 24 September (2022) Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung (de): Near Trebel: fire fought with fire
- 20 September (2022) Deutschlandfunk Kultur (de): A journey through the forest fire summer
- 16 September (2022) Lübecker Nachrichten (de): How can we better protect our forests from fires in the future?
- 07 September (2022) SPIEGEL (de): A smoldering fire eats through the ground in the Harz Mountains – how can it be extinguished?
- 07 September (2022) SPIEGEL (de): Does Germany need this aircraft (Canadair 415 firefighting aircraft)?
- 29 August (2022) Hart aber fair (de): The drought of the century: Are we experiencing our future right now?
- 28 August (2022) OVB Online (de): In the midst of blazing flames: How a firefighter from Aschau in Chiemgau fights forest fires
- 21 August (2022) SPIEGEL (de): How best to fight forest fires with money
- 16 August (2022) MDR (de): What can we learn from other wildfire regions in the world?
- 12 August (2022) Riff Reporter (de): After the forest fires: What will the resilient forest of the future look like?
- 5 August (2022) Bild (de): These weapons are now to save the Grunewald
- 4 August (2022) Tag24 (de): Nature conservation versus fire protection: dispute over deadwood in a national park
- 3 August (2022) NZZ (de): Germany suffers from increasingly severe forest fires – an unsolvable problem in times of climate change?
- 3 August (2022) Hessischer Rundfunk (de): Tatütata – How much does the fire department burn?
- 3 August (2022) Deutschlandrundfunk (de): Only the ecological forest conversion can really help
- 2 August (2022) SPIEGEL (de): “Calling 112 and hoping for rain is not a strategy”
- 31 July (2022) MDR (de): Expert sees need to catch up in coordination, strategy and training
- 31 July (2022) Tagesschau (de): How do we protect ourselves from forest fires?
- 28 July (2022) MDR (de): “Embers are a big problem”
- 27 July (2022) Phoenix (de): Alex Held is a guest on “Der Tag” and explains why Germany is still lagging behind in fighting forest fires
- 27 July (2022) Berliner Zeitung (de): Forestry expert: New strategies needed for forest firefighting
- 27 July (2022) Tag24 (de): Forest fires in Saxon Switzerland and the Czech Republic:
situation tense but not out of control - 27 July (2022) Augsburger Allgemeine (de): Forestry expert: New strategies needed for forest firefighting
- 27 July (2022) ZDF (de): Fires in Europe – The fight against fire
- 26 July (2022) WDR aktuell (de): How can forest fires be prevented? WDR Aktuell interviews Christian Schmidt and Maria Schloßmacher about this in the Kottenforst forest
- 26 July (2022) Oberhessische Presse (de): Fire ecologist calls for forest fire commissioners at federal level
- 26 July (2022) ZDF (de): Forest fires rage on
- 26 July (2022) Das Inselradio Mallorca (de): Forest fire risk in Mallorca extremely high
- 26 July (2022) Deutschlandrundfunk (de): Researchers: learning to live with fire
- 25 July (2022) WDR 5 (de): Expert Lindon Pronto: We must prepare for forest fires
- 24 July (2022) rbb 24 (de): How can a fire department save water when fighting wildfires? Visit to the special unit ‘vegetation fire’ and WKR project partner
- 22 July (2022) WDR 5 (de): More political will to coordinate forest firefighting between firefighters and foresters-demands Alexander Held
- 22 July (2022) Süddeutsche Zeitung (de): Europe on fire: Alexander Held in an interview about an exceptional year
- 21 July (2022) BBC World (en): Everyone can help ensure the extent of fires is not the sole responsibility of fire departments says Lindon Pronto
- 20 July (2022) NDR (de): Heat records: many fires in the north
- 19 July (2022) Stern (de): Highest forest fire warning level in Germany. One spark is enough. Are we prepared? Not at all, says an expert
- 18 July (2022) Süddeutsche Zeitung (de): The correct behavior in the event of a forest fire
- 10 July (2022) MDR Sachsen-Anhalt (de): “We must strive not to leave fire departments to fend for themselves”
- 29 June (2022) MDR Sachsen (de): Fire protection expert Lindon Pronto: The important thing is the post-extinguishing work
- 27 June (2022) Deutschlandfunk (de): Forest firefighting: counterfires and other innovations – Interview A. Held
- 24 June (2022) BR24 (de): No, a shard of glass probably can’t cause a forest fire
- 21 June (2022) Bild online (de): “Germany is on the way to becoming a forest fire country”
- 20 June (2022) Waldklimafonds (de): European teamwork to fight forest fires
- 20 June (2022) RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (de): “Germany is a bit arrogant about forest fires”
- 20 June (2022) MDR Aktuell: (de): We can still work on strategy and tactics
- 20 June (2022) SPIEGEL (de): Germany’s powder keg
- 7 June (2022): Forstpraxis (de): Acknowledging forest ecosystem services
- 30 May (2022): Focus online(de): Fire ecologist warns of forest fires in summer
- 2 April (2022): Forstpraxis (de): What if climate changes ignites more and more fires?
- 21 March (2022): UPM.COM (en): How forests can adapt to climate change and remain long-term carbon sinks
- 24 February (2022): Primera Edicion (es): UN warns of increasing intensity and frequency of fires
2021
- 29 October (2021): Vallfirest (en): Wildfire Diaries Episode VII
- 28 October (2021): HR (de): Forestfire risk – how our forests need to be changed
- 26 September (2021): CBC (en): After devastating European fire season, experts call for new approach to protecting forests
- 4 September (2021): INDEPENDENT (en): What can we learn from Europe’s blazing summer?
- 30 August (2021) BNNBloomberg (en): A Tale of Two Wildfires: Lessons From Europe’s Blazing Summer
- 27 August (2021) Brusselsmorning (en): Wildfires are the most human of natural disasters
- 24 August (2021) RND (de): Reforestation of the forests could take decades
- 22 August (2021) Watson (de): Negligence, ignorance, greed: People cause most forest fires
- 17 August (2021) FAZ (de): These machines alone do not put out the fire
- 15 August (2021) Watson (de): Fire expert warns: “Forest fires are becoming more and more of a challenge in Germany”.
- 13 August (2021) DLF Nova (de): How forests can be better protected from fires
- 12 August (2021) WDR5 (de): Making forests fire- resistant
- 11 August (2021) DLF Wissenschaft (de): Satellite data makes firefighting easier
- 11 August (2021) t-online (de): The same mistake is always made after forest fires
- 11 August (2021) Sueddeutsche (de): Fighting fire with fire?
- 11 August (2021) Salzburger Nachrichten (at): How emergency forces fight forest fires
- 11 August (2021) Aktiv-online (de): Ororatech detects forest fires with satellites
- 10 August (2021)Hamburger-Abendblatt (de): Scary pictures-Why is half of the planet burning?
- 09 August (2021) WDR5 (de): Forest fires – does it concern us all?
- 09 August (2021) SWR2 (de): Forest fire expert: “This is not a normal forest fire summer”
- 06 August (2021) SWR Aktuell (de): Forest fire expert on fires in South-Eastern Europe: “The smoke is the worst”.
- 05 August (2021) THE ECONOMIST (en): How are wildfires fought?
- 03 August (2021) HELSINKI SANOMAT (fi): Southern European forests destroyed by prolonged heat
- 02 August (2021) DLF Kultur (de): This could become the new normal
- 01 August (2021) ZEIT (de): Living in the green means living with fire
- 14 July (2021) DLF NOVA (de): Protection against forest fires – How goats prevent forestfires
- 8 July (2021) Bloomberg Quint (en): The Life and Suspicious Death of Cachou the Bear
- 6 July (2021) FLUX FM (de): Forests and climate
- 29 June (2021) EJZ (de): Gartow Forest: Depriving the forest fire of fuel
- 24 June (2021) NDR (de): Fuel buffer zones to prevent forestfires
- 21 June (2021) Speakers Corner (pl): Forest Anthropology
- 31 May (2021) MAZ (de): Forest fires in Brandenburg in full swing
- 25 May (2021) QUARKS/ WDR (de): Census in the forests
- 4 May (2021) LANDESFORSTEN (de): Cooperation in forest fire prevention
- 3 May (2021): ANTENNE (de): Forestry office gets fire-fighting tank for pick-up trucks: Forests too dry
- 18 March (2021) WELT (de): Europe’s forests are increasingly being cut down
- 15 March 2021 BBC (en): Waldeinsamkeit: Germany’s cherished forest tradition
2020
- 28 October 2020 KONTEXT Wochenzeitung (de): Something with trees
- 29 September 2020 Bloomberg (en): Europe’s New Trick Against Wildfires: Let It Burn
- 28 September 2020 SWR(de): Forest fire prevention: model project in Baden-Württemberg
- 25 September 2020 Sueddeutsche (de): Baden-Württemberg prepares for forest fires
- 17 September 2020 Bild.de (de): Forest fires in Brazil out of control!
- 16 September 2020 Deutschlandfunk Nova (de): Fire weather ,monocultures and bark beetles favour the spread of forest fires
- 16 September 2020 Frankfurter Rundschau (de): Climate change as a fire accelerator: Forest fires in the USA could continue for months
- 15 September 2020 Sueddeutsche (de): Plenty of fuel
- 14 September 2020 France24 The Debate (en): Why is the West Coast burning?
- 12 September 2020 Bild.de (de): Fire expert: “Actually it must burn even more!“
- 27 August 2020 SWR2 (de): How forest fires can be kept small or avoided
- 21 August 2020 Bild.de (de): Corona makes the fires particularly dangerous this year
- 20 July 2020 Deutsche Welle (en): Interview about the current situation of Blackforest in Germany
- 3 July 2020 Deutschlandfunk (de): Is bioeconomy causing the decrease of Europe’s forest areas?
- 2 July 2020 SPIEGEL online (de): Deforestation in the EU is increasing rapidly
- 15 June 2020 General-Anzeiger Bonn (de): Art project in Kottenforst shows negative impacts of climate change
- 12 June 2020 SWR Aktuell Rhineland-Palatinate (de): Increasing number of forest visitors (starts at 9 min)
- 8 June 2020 BonnFm (de): Bonn is European Forest City 2020
- 5 April 2020 t-online (de): We could get forestfires like in Canada
- 25 March 2020 Riffreporter (de): European primeval forest Bialowieza- a fight over a natural treasure
- 19 February 2020 National Geographic Germany (en): Witness to Disaster: Portugal Hellfire
- 18 January 2020 WDR Neun 1/2 (de): Fires in Australia, what can be done against forest fires?
- 10 January 2020 WDR 5 Neugier genügt (de): Avoiding Forestfires and Wildfires
- 8 January 2020 BR Podcast (de): What to do against fires?
- 8 January 2020 BigFM (de): Interview with Alexander Held about Australian Fires
- 8 January 2020 Bild Live (de) : Interview with Alexander Held about Australian Fires (interview starts at 25:40 min)
- 7 January 2020 The Telegraph (en): How much worse will Australia’s bushfire crisis get?
- 6 January 2020 3Sat Nano (de): Interview with Alexander Held about Australian Fires (interview starts at 3:23 min)
- 3 January 2020 La Croix (fr): Fires in Australia: “You have to imagine the future not without fire, but with it.
2019
- 30 December 2019 Sueddeutsche Zeitung (de): Welcome to the Pyrocene?
- 19 November 2019 Deutschlandfunk (de): Officials could have prepared better
- 17 November 2019 BBC (en): How do you fight extreme wildfires?
- 31 October 2019 (ORF M4) (en): Rainforest fires: Amazon updates (Interview starts at 13:48)
- 19 September 2019 (Tagesanzeiger) (de): The desert burns in January, the rainforest in August
- 18 September (FAZIT) : Can the forests save the climate? available in (de) (en) (fr)
- 15 September 2019 Süddeutsche Zeitung (de): The reign of fire
- 15 September 2019 Deutschlandfunk (de): Can reforestation save the climate?
- September 2019 Tall Timbers eJournal Fall 2019 (en): Flame Work 2019
- 14 September 2019 ZDF PlanB (de): Operation Forest: Rescue for the green lung
- 29 August 2019 Radio SRF (de): Putting out the fire is an illusion
- 27 August 2019 Bild (de): Amazon fire: the rainforest is not flammable
- 27 August 2019 Deutschlandfunk Kultur (de): We will experience the smoke emissions
- 27 August 2019 Süddeutsche Zeitung (de): The big problem: You can hardly get to the fires
- 27 August 2019 detektor.fm (de): Forests not doing well
- 26 August 2019 Spiegel Online (de): Largest fire-fighting aircraft in the world takes off over Amazon region
- 26 August 2019 Radio FM4 (de): Forest resilience
- 26 August 2019 Radio FM4 (en): Saving the Amazon: is it possible?
- 23 August 2019 Radio FM4 (en): Amazon rainforest fires: the importance of resilience
- 14 August 2019 SWR2 Impuls (de): Protecting forests from fire
- 28 July 2019 Deutschlandfunk Wissenschaft Brennpunkt (de): How well prepared is Germany for forest fires?
- 28 July 2019 Deutschlandfunk Wissenschaft Brennpunkt (de): We have to make forests more resilient
- 9 July 2019 Focus (de): 51 million hectares of forests: Where Europe can reforest to stop climate change
- 7 July 2019 Sueddeutsche Zeitung (de): Let us plant a billion trees
- 7 July 2019 Tagesanzeiger (de): Are forests the solution?
- 7 July 2019 WDR online (de): Climate change: Forest generation in North Rhine-Westphalia to be made fit
- 5 July 2019 WDR online, Mittagsmagazin (de): Reforestation to combat climate change
- 5 July 2019 MDR Wissen (de): Most effective way to save the climate: Planting trees
- 2 July 2019 Deutschlandfunk Kultur (de): 90% of wildfires are caused by people
- 2 July 2019 SWR Aktuell (de): Interview with Alexander Held about the fire in Luebtheen (Interview starts at 16:42 min)
- 2 July 2019 HR1 (de): Interview with Alexander Held about the fire in Luebtheen (no link available)
2018
- 6 December 2018 Feuer Wehr Magazin (de): Californian conditions soon also with us?
- 19 November 2018 Cheddar (en): President Trump visits California
- 19 November 2018 BR Podcast IQ Magazin (de): Danger from wildfires
- 16 November 2018 Bayern 2 (de): The fires in California aren’t extinguishable
- 13 November 2018 Euronews (en): Alex Held speaks on Euronews about the California wildfire
- 12 November 2018 BILD Live (de): Animal carcasses, ash fields: This is what it looks like in the flaming hell of California
- 12 November 2018 WDR (de): California forest fires – how to prevent it
- 27 August 2018 ZDF-Morgenmagazin (de): Perfect ingredients for a wildfire
- 6 August 2018 SIC Noticias (pt): Flames in Monchique move on “difficult” terrain
- 8 August 2018 Le Temps (fr): Rather than adapting forest management, we rely too much on firefighters
- 8 August 2018 ZDF heute (de): A day after the fire in Siegburg
- 6 August 2018 Kathimerini (el): Extreme phenomena to become “normal” in the future
- 3 August 2018 The Telegraph (en): Europe in flames. How can we fight wildfires sweeping the continent – and is it too late to end the cycle?
- 31 July 2018 BBC (en): Why wildfires are breaking out in the ‘wrong’ countries
- 29 July 2018 The Telegraph (en): Europe ‘not doing its homework’ on basic wildfire prevention, experts warn
- 29 July 2018 To Vima (el): We urgently need to change our strategy to tackle fires
- 27 July 2018 ZDF Heute+ (de): Forest fires in Germany
- 27 July 2018 DW (de): Expert recommends to invest more on fire prevention instead of buying expensive extinguishing technology
- 26 July 2018 FRANCE 24 (en): The heat is on: What lies behind the extreme weather conditions?
- 26 July 2018 ZDF Mittagsmagazin (de): The extent (of the fire) is unusual
- 25 July 2018 Kathimerini (el): Climate change and new risks
- 25 July 2018 BBC (en): Wildfires around the world: The photos that explain the flames
- 24 July 2018 Deutschlandfunk Kultur (de): Many fight the fire, but ineffectively
- 25 July 2018 Euronews (en): It’s more than just water: how experts go about tackling a wildfire
2017
- 16 October 2017 Euronews (en): Climate change blamed as EU’s forest fires more than double
- 27 July 2017 FRANCE 24 (en): These fires happen every year but the weather is really windy this summer
