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Angela Symons

‘Our national lung’: France’s nature paradise saved by firefighters but recovery could take 30 years

Flora and fauna thrive in the Fontainebleau forest, 60 kilometres southeast of Paris, where moorland and pine trees cloak hills, valleys and gorges.

Its unique temperate Atlantic climate with pockets of Mediterranean microclimates supports 6,600 animal species and 5,800 plant species typical to both southern and northern Europe – from rare purple orchids to the protected Service tree of Fontainebleau.

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