Genesis of the Greek Wildfires?

Yanis Yaroufakis (a Former Finance Minister of Greece) naturally accepts that climate change has played a major role in Greece's wildfires. They have devastated 100,000 hectares of ancient pine forests. He suggests, however, that economic factors also had a role (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/29/greece-wildfires-political-failure-climate-emergency). Yaroufakis points out that, after the Second World War, many Greek villagers emigrated to other countries. Many of those who did not emigrate, moved to Greater Athens to work. Greater Athens, he says, became a 'concrete jungle'. In the 1960s and 1970s, some of these former villagers, wanted a partial return to the countryside. They built summer homes in the forests. Regulation of this building seems to have been virtually nonexistent. Most people, in their summer homes, had no traditional knowledge of how to manage the forest to minimise the chance of fire. In addition, Yaroufakis says that Greece's bankruptcy led to imposed cuts, resulting in, for example, a 20% reduction of fire fighters. He is also worried by current government plans to replace traditional pines with fast-growing alien tree species. Effective management of the forests, would certainly reduce the likelihood of devastating fires. Such management cannot, however, be done 'on the cheap'. The fires are going to be a recurrent risk in Greece and planning is needed.