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  "source": "Our World in Data, processing Global Wildfire Information System; Global Wildfire Information System; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations",
  "product": "owid:climate/wildfires_by_year",
  "base": "GWIS satellite burned area, via OWID",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "see each series",
  "vintage": "2026-09-28",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2025",
  "releaseDate": "2026-09-28",
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  "coverage": "India: Wildfires by year, Our World in Data (5 series), 2003 to 2025.",
  "note": "OWID dataset climate/wildfires_by_year, version 2026-09-28 (updated 2026-09-28); licence CC BY 4.0; underlying producers: Global Wildfire Information System; Global Wildfire Information System; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The year 2026 is not shown: OWID's figure for it averages only the months published so far."
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  "2005-01-01",
  "2006-01-01",
  "2007-01-01",
  "2008-01-01",
  "2009-01-01",
  "2010-01-01",
  "2011-01-01",
  "2012-01-01",
  "2013-01-01",
  "2014-01-01",
  "2015-01-01",
  "2016-01-01",
  "2017-01-01",
  "2018-01-01",
  "2019-01-01",
  "2020-01-01",
  "2021-01-01",
  "2022-01-01",
  "2023-01-01",
  "2024-01-01",
  "2025-01-01"
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