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Fires cost Russia $300 billion in deforestation

Wildfires have cost Russia $300 billion in forest loss, according to estimates by environmental groups, which have criticized Vladimir Putin for recent forestry legislation and reforms that eliminated the Federal Forestry Service and introduced a new Forest Code.

12:37 pm August 26, 2010 | | RSS 2.0 |
August 26, 2010