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Drought-driven wildfires on rise in Amazon basin, upping CO2 release [1]

Despite a 76 percent decline in deforestation rates between 2003 and 2015, the incidence of forest fires is increasing in Brazil, with new research linking the rise in fires not only to deforestati

Publication Date: 
23/02/2018
Mongabay [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Forest Fires [4], Droughts [5], Amazon [6], Green House Gases [7], Carbon Dioxide [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[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/droughts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide