{"id":13703,"date":"2021-01-05T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=15a836a7c25e8bd60dbde83d7f2011a3"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:21:21","slug":"one-year-after-devastating-bushfires-in-australia-have-lessons-been-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/05\/one-year-after-devastating-bushfires-in-australia-have-lessons-been-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"One year after devastating bushfires in Australia, have lessons been learned?"},"content":{"rendered":"\nIn this week's edition\u00a0we focus on\u00a0Australia, where catastrophic bushfires scorched more than 18 million hectares of land in 2020. The main causes were a drought, hot and windy weather, plus climate change. As experts say the country should expect worse\u00a0in the years to come, FRANCE 24's correspondents Richelle Harrison and Gregory Plesse take a look at how authorities are preparing. But have the lessons been learned from last year?\n\n