{
  "id": 913998,
  "title": "Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales since 2001, study reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/wildfires-have-destroyed-an-area-of-protected-tropical-forest-twice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T20:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-wildfires-destroyed-area-tropical-forest.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of protected tropical forest—an area double the size of Wales—have been lost to wildfires since 2001.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}