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The long-term over-exploitation of forests since ancient times is a specific aspect of the French Mediterranean region which has led to uncontrolled forest fires and landscape degradation. During the last century extensive reforestations were carried out throughout the region, but too often produced simplified ecosystems of fast growing species not always well suited to the environmental conditions...