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    Firefighters in Bolivia lose hope of taming blazes as burned area doubles

    Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:27 AM

    Despite months of firefighting, blazes that had been put out have reignited while others continue to spread toward the Amazonian rainforest

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    Fighting fire with fire, Amazon 'forest guardians' stalk illegal loggers

    Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:39 PM

    More than 2,400 square miles of the Brazilian Amazon have been cleared so far in 2019, an area larger than the U.S. state of Delaware

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    INTERVIEW-It's not just the Amazon: Indonesia urged to stop deadly fires

    Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:36 PM

    Indonesia and its neighbours are regularly hit by smog from slash-and-burn clearance of land and forests for agriculture, causing premature deaths and respiratory infections

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    'Dangerous' air pollution in Indonesia's Borneo leads to school closures

    Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:19 PM

    Indonesia and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia are regularly hit by smoke from slash-and-burn clearances of forests for farms and palm oil plantations

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    In fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps

    Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:48 PM

    A method to regrow and partially cut trees is spreading in West Africa as a way of sustainably producing fuel - and income

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    Years after nun's murder, church activists face threats in lawless Amazon

    Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:05 PM

    Local nuns say the farmers were murdered over land disputes and that at least 40 people have left the area after receiving threats

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    World 'losing battle' on 2020 goal to cut deforestation

    Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:18 AM

    The world lost more than 26 million hectares of trees - an area the size of Britain - each year from 2014-2018

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    INTERVIEW-China's love of stinky durian 'next big threat' to Malaysian rainforest

    Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:41 PM

    Malaysia has already lost vast tracts of rainforest to a thriving trade in wood and palm oil; now China's appetite for the spiky durian risks clearing more ground

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    Indonesian province moves to curb slash-and-burn clearances as fires rage

    Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:32 AM

    The central government has sent more than 9,000 personnel to help tackle the blazes, dropped water from helicopters and used cloud seeding to encourage rain

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    'Day of Fire': Blazes ignite suspicion in Amazon town

    Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:32 PM

    Government data recorded 124 blazes in Novo Progresso on Aug 10 - on the same day last year there were just six

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