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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Forest fire season 2020: what will it look like and what can we do?
Description: Australia's fire season may have just ended, but most of the world's tropical forest regions will soon enter their own. We look at what's driving the intense fires in the Amazon, Indonesia, and elsewhere in recent years with three guests, who discuss what we can expect from the 2020 tropical fire season while sharing some solutions to this problem, which has huge effects on biodiversity, indigenous peoples, forests, and climate change. Joining us are Rhett Butler, Mongabay's founder and CEO, who provides a global perspective; scientist Dan Nepstad, who worked in the Brazilian Amazon for more...