Greece wildfires: Athens loses 'green lung'

DW (English) 2021-08-09

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Massive wildfires in Greece have left hundreds of people homeless, and forced thousands to evacuate. DW's Barbara Wesel reports from Athens, where she met a WWF conservationist to ask what factors were at play.

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