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Wildfires prompt air quality alerts in Western and Central Canada
Air quality warnings are in effect for a large area of Western and Central Canada this weekend as wildfire smoke continues to choke parts of the country. Many communities in Manitoba, as well as northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, are...
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Rohingya crisis: Bleak prospects for refugees in Bangladesh camps
After fleeing a 2017 Myanmar forces crackdown, conditions and future for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh remain dismal.
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India's indigenous living in forests fight eviction orders
Politicians say the forests need to be protected, but critics say they are only protecting the business interests.
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India's forest dwellers protest threat of eviction from lands
Thousands of indigenous people march to capital after threat to evict them from their traditional land.
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India's indigenous' right to live in forests under threat
More than a million indigenous people across India, are fighting for their right to live in the forests.
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Can local and faith leaders help halt the spread of Ebola in DRC?
Local leaders are helping turn the tide on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Sierra Leone resumes timber exports, worrying environmentalists
Activists fear effort to counter falling revenue from mining could erase gains made over last 10 years to regrow country’s forests.
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Romania: Rape of the Forest | People and Power
Amid allegations of corruption and violence, Romania's ancient forests are being devastated by illegal logging.
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Sustainable 45-metre observation towers opens in Denmark
A 45-metre hour-glass observation tower has opened in a Danish forest. The Camp Adventures Forest Tower — built in the Gisselfeld Castle Forest, about a 50-minute drive from Copenhagen — is now the highest point in the Zealand region,...
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German police remain at Hambach Forest over the weekend
Hambach Forest this weekend, where people have chained themselves. Authorities say the 30 - 60 make-shift dwellings are unsafe. It's over plans to expand the coal mine and to clear around a hundred hectares of the forest. The protesters...
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Canada's caribou population disappearing at alarming rate
The National met up with a filmmaker who's seen the caribou's decline first hand for a look at the problems they face.
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Forest fires burn in northern Ontario
Forest fires are burning in northern and northeastern Ontario. CBC's Philip Lee-Shanok reports.
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Firefighters learn lessons from catastrophic wildfire season
More than half a billion dollars in damage was done, and experts are predicting a similar wildfire season this year.
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New First Nation firefighters train to protect their communities
New volunteer firefighter recruits from First Nations in northern Saskatchewan are training to help prevent losses in their communities during wildfire season.
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MEPs turn up for rap battle at European youth event
MEPs joined several rappers on stage during a rap battle this weekend in Strasbourg. The event named Battle4yourvote saw four teams — made up of two MEPs from the same political party and a professional freestyle hip-hop artist — duel...
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Flooding across Canada has people preparing for the worst
Flooding across Canada has people nationwide preparing for the worst. Concern is high in New Brunswick where the cost of clean-up has skyrocketrf in recent years. In B.C., there are worries that last year's wildfires could bring more...
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Secret recipes of the forest in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan the pull of the Caucasus is strong. The mountains attract both Azeris and foreign visitors. Near Gabala, bears, deer and wild boar are never far away. But the forests hide other unexpected delights… for the taste buds. Key...
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Mystery of the 'thing in the woods'
Declassified CIA and NSA documents revealed the origins. of a mysterious object found in the woods near Moncton, N.B. back in 1962.
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Northwest Territories forest | Mapping 31 million hectares
Survey of Northwest Territories' boreal forest will be used to improve habitat maps and create a baseline for understanding climate change
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How forest fires impact Canada each year
CBC's Stephanie Skenderis examines the causes and effects of these annual blazes
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The science behind wildfires
Wildfire season has been more severe than usual this year, with catastrophic blazes in in Portugal and B.C. What's made this year more dangerous, and is climate change playing a part?
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Orangutan released into wild in Indonesia
Part of effort to replenish critically endangered species
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Missing Japanese boy found safe after nearly 7 days
CBC's Kimberly Gale reports from Tokyo
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How big is a 1,000-square-km wildfire?
See how the Fort McMurray fire compares in size to familiar cities