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Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest logging to blame?
2016-03-24 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In late January and early March, a huge fire ripped through the forests of the Republic of Congo. Satellite data show it totaled more than 15,000 hectares (150 square kilometers), making the fire one of the largest ever observed in Central Africas rainforests. A research organization says El Nio is largely to blame, but that human activities in the region may also have exacerbated the situation. The Congo Basin occupies much of the middle of the African continent, straddling the equator from Gabon...
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