Mexico Fires

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Environmentalists say that the recent fires in Mexico represent the country’s “biggest ecological disaster of this century.” That’s no overstatement. Authorities are still trying to assess the damage to a million and a half acres which included virgin rain and cloud forests. Living On Earth correspondent Janna Schroeder tells us of her recent, first-hand look at the damage, as well as her exploration of the region’s new problems.

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