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Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 27 (ANI): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on "France and its colonies".
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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 27 (ANI): World leaders at the G7 summit in France on Monday pledged to spend a total amount of USD 22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Trump calls Brazil President, offers assistance in tackling Amazon rainfor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) and offered assistance, if needed, to tackle the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.
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Crimean zoos offer shelter to animals from Siberian forests affected by wi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Simferopol [Russia], Aug 4 (Sputnik/ANI): The Director of Crimea's Taigan and Skazka zoos, Oleg Zubkov, on Sunday said that the parks are ready to accept animals from Siberian forests, which are engulfed in heavy wildfires.
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Italy offers Russia assistance in fighting wildfires in Siberia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday said that they may send two planes to assist Russia in fighting wildfires in Siberia.
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SC to hear on June 24 a PIL on forest fire in Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand, on June 24.
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Hot temperature key factor to predict risk of wildfires, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 25 (ANI): A recent study claims that hot temperature is the most important factor in predicting the risk of wildfire than humidity, rainfall, moisture.
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Climate change affects forest recovery after wildfire: Study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 13 (ANI): According to a recent study the forest does not regenerate after wildfires because of recent climate changes.
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Miley, Liam wanted to marry at Malibu home before it was destroyed
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who tied the knot at their home in Franklin, Tennessee on December 23, had originally planned to wed at their ocean-side home in Malibu before it was destroyed during the Calfornia wildfires.
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Flash floods expected in wildfire-ravaged California
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
California [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): Butte County Sheriff's office announced on Monday (IST) that the recent rains are expected to cause flash flooding in the state which is reeling from the aftermath of wildfires that started on November 8.
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California fires 100% contained, more bodies found
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
California [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): The Unified Command Agencies announced that the California wildfires that broke out on November 8 have been fully contained.
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