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Wildfire in rainforest in Peruvian Amazon rages toward protected areas [1]

A wildfire burning in the Peruvian Amazon that has charred some 20,000 hectares (49,421 acres) of rainforest and destroyed crops planted by indigenous communities was raging toward a national park

Publication Date: 
16/09/2016
Planet Ark (Australia) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Forest Fires [4], Amazon [5], Peru [6]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wildfire-rainforest-peruvian-amazon-rages-toward-protected-areas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru