Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island
(Reuters) -Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire…
2 years ago
Forest
Colombia declares emergency over raging forest fires
BOGOTÁ, Jan 25, 2024 (AFP) - Colombia has declared a state of emergency in two regions as dozens of forest…
2 years ago
Wildfire evacuees on Spain’s Tenerife allowed to return home
TENERIFE, Spain, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) - Thousands of residents evacuated for two days from the Spanish island of Tenerife…
3 years ago
Thai firefighters battle forest blaze
NAKHON NAYOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Hundreds of Thai firefighters and soldiers battled a forest blaze less than 100 kilometers (60…
3 years ago
World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due…
4 years ago
The women guarding India’s rainforest ‘refugees’
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse WAYANAD, India (AFP) - As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats…
5 years ago
Poland’s ‘priceless’ primeval forest pits environmentalists against state
by Bernard OSSER Agence France-Presse TEREMISKI, Poland (AFP) - Stopping by a giant oak tree in Europe's largest surviving primeval…
5 years ago
Brussels warns Warsaw over ancient forest
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union on Thursday ordered Poland to comply with a top EU court decision and…
5 years ago
Colombia lost forest area the size of Sao Paulo in 2019: report
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia lost 159,000 hectares of forest -- an area the size of Brazilian megacity Sao Paulo…
6 years ago
Hundreds battle deadly Ukraine forest fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers rushed to deal with a forest fire that has killed…
6 years ago
Indonesians choked by forest fire haze pray for rain
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday,…
7 years ago
Putin calls in army to fight Siberia forest fires
by Theo MERZ MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called in the army to fight forest…
7 years ago
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