WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 022114

United States

(1) Google unveiled a new database, Global Forest Watch, that will track deforestation from any source (including wildfires) across the globe in real time
Google-backed database steps up fight on deforestation

(2) With numerous wildfires already reported this year, the western US could face a record-setting fire season in 2014
Western wildfire season 'likely to set a record'

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