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The Daily Digest: Is This How We Protect The Amazon?

Lim Teck Wyn, Environmentalist

26-Aug-19 14:00

The Daily Digest: Is This How We Protect The Amazon?

The Amazon rainforests are burning. There have been 74,000 fires across Brazil this year alone. What is the impact of these fires beyond the immediate destruction?

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Categories:  Environment,  Science,  Social Issues

Tags:  Bigger Picture,  Daily Digest,  Amazon fires,  Amazonia,  Amazon forest,  forest fire,  climate,  global warming, 


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