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How this indigenous practice could help prevent wildfires

Paid and presented by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Cultural burning has long been an integral practise in America, where indigenous people have used “good fire” to prevent the devastation of wildfires. Find out how teaching the next generations about this practise can help the Karuk tribe boost the resilience of their land.

 

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