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Twenty-thousand square kilometres of cork oak forest, 62,500 jobs and several animal species could be lost in Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Italy, Tunisia and France.(Brief article)
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Geographical
| Date:
July 1, 2006| Author:
Hoare, Natalie
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Twenty-thousa nd square kilometres of cork oak forest, 62,500 jobs and several animal species could be lost in Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Moro...
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