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         <title>Director-General deeply concerned by wildfires in Southern Europe</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO is monitoring closely the impact of wildfires in Southern Europe and the southernmost portion of the European Union. The Organization has been in constant contact with the local authorities in affected areas. These devastating fires have not only touched World Heritage sites and Biosphere Reserves, but have also irreversibly changed the lives of many. People have been forced to abandon their homes and livelihoods.
&amp;ldquo;These catastrophic fires highlight the fragility of protected  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/921</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Fire threatens Garajonay World Heritage site, Spain</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Firefighters have been struggling since last weekend&#xa0;to&#xa0;prevent a fire from spreading into Garajonay National Park, situated in the middle of the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands archipelago. The blaze, which may have been started accidentally by a farmer clearing his land, had already destroyed 700 hectares (1,750 acres) of farmland and woods.On Monday night the fire had reached the buffer zone of the Park but&#xa0;had not spread to the Park itself. The situation has stabilized but  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/430</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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