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Controlled Backburning or Raging Bushfires: Finding a balance.
This is a practice where, as the name suggests, a controlled fire is lit in order to reduce the amount of flammable material in forests. Factors such as wind-speed and direction, and also the dryness of the land and recent rainfall are taken into consideration to keep the fires slow-moving and under control.
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Deadly Wildfires In Australia
"A wildfire in Tasmania" (Picture: Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Services, via Reuters).
While we happily welcomed the New Year in Pakistan, places around the world, like Australia, witnessed a rough start to 2020 with deadly…