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Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future

A wildfire-devastated residential neighbourhood with a burned car in the foreground in Jasper, Canada.

A July wildfire in Jasper, Canada, devastated homes and forced 25,000 people to evacuate. Credit: The Canadian Press/Alamy

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Nature 633, 282-285 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02919-z

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