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1.Many countries from all over the world ………….by wildfires.

2.In Italy endangered animals and plants, such as:the Marsican brown bear, Abruzzo chamois, eagles, wolves, the Marsican iris, etc.)………….by wildfires.

Periodic forest fires…………..for regeneration in some parts of the globe.

4.Wildfires……also………by climate change.

5.Many national parks………………by wildfires in many Mediterranean countries such as: Italy, Greece, Spain, etc.

6.About 90% of the wildfires worldwide ……………….by human actions, either because of carelessness or intentional acts of arson.

7.Nowadays forest fires………………..by GPS.

8.Scientists have argued that extreme weather conditions …………..by climate change.

9.Orang-utan habitats in Indonesia………….by fire and smoke.

Houses ……………..by forest fires all over the world.

People …………in Australia because of bushfires.

12.Global warming………………by forest fires because large amounts of CO2 are released into the atmosphere.

13.The Iberian lynx…………..as one of the world’s most critically endangered cat species.

14.Foreign fire fighters ……………..to fight with bushfires in Australia.

15.Desertification …………also………….by wildfires.

16.Endangered animals such as the Asian elephants, tigers and rhinos………………by uncontrolled fires

17.The Santa Ana winds …….”devil winds” for feeding the wildfires that frequently affect California.

18.Forest fires ……..rarely ……….by unexploded bombs in Germany.

19.Governments …………………to avoid mono-cultures of trees or planting trees at very short distances because this feeds wildfires.

20.In Russia the Amur tigers and leopards ………………because they are continuously losing their habitats because of the wildfires caused especially by people trying to make room for agriculture.

21.Forests ………………..for financial interests such as farming, agriculture, infrastructure, tourism and urbanisation.

22.Prevention measures……….often……………by authorities.