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• n  an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation

• The vast swath of former scrubland didn't even exist when the latest Lonely Planet Burma travel guide was written, and there's not much tourist charm in a dusty bunker town whose .
• But this week alone, a rash of deadly and uncontrollable wildfires raced through the nation, swallowing thousands of acres of scrubland in the Peloponnese even the sacred .
• Officials say more than 3,000 blazes have razed thousands of hectatres of forests and scrubland across the country since June.

News & Articles

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• Vail Valley teens work to restore ecosystem
  EAGLE COUNTY — The sagebrush scrublands on the White River National Forest are often overlooked by visitors and residents of Eagle County. But, for many local wildlife species, they are an important source of food and shelter.
  July 7, 2013 - Vail Daily

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• Bob Ainsworth in Telegraph.co.uk
  Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, said: "This new camouflage will help our troops blend into different environments in Helmand Province to stay hidden from the Taliban. Patrols take our troops through the Green Zone, scrubland, desert and arid...
• Adam Scott in Houston Chronicle
  I felt like the landscape looks very similar to back home, kind of harsh scrubland off the fairways,said Scott, a native of Brisbane.
• George Osborne in Telegraph.co.uk
  Mr Osborne said: "We should take a fresh look at what we mean by a greenfield site. Too often our current system protects the marginal scrubland because it is greenfield while at the same time lets precious urban spaces like gardens get built over...