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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Brigitte HAGEMANN

White Truffles, Italy's Gold, Menaced By Climate Change

Introduced to truffle hunting at the age of five by a family friend, Carlo Marenda, 42, founded the "Save the Truffle" association in 2015 (Credit: AFP)

Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging and digging into the wet earth.

But the culinary treasure is becoming increasingly rare, undermined by climate change.

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