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Droughts and fires |
Khabarovsk, Russia
Wildfires threaten tiger habitat, 1998. Drought and high winds fueled fires that destroyed 3.7 million acres (1,497,337 hectares) of taiga and threatened two important nature reserves that are habitat for the only remaining Amur tigers.
Reference: BBC. 1998. Russian fires are 'world disaster.' BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/
newsid_190000/190654.stm
Forest Fires on the Island of Sakhalin and the Khabarovsk Krai - UNDAC
(United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination) Mission Report.
September - October 1998.
http://www.unep.org/unep/per/for_fire/rundac1.htm
