Losing our ‘local Amazon’ forest

By Albert Balbutin

Sep 21, 2019 12:02 am

As news of the Amazon forest fires reaches more and more people, Tropical Depression “Nimfa” leaves the Philippines. It is the 14th cyclone to hit the country this year as listed by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration and was weakened by Luzon’s natural protective barrier: the Sierra Madre.

HELPLESS Smoke rises from forest fires in the Amazon rainforest in the Pantanal ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia. AFP PHOTO

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