For example, the offset sites include 6, 000 hectares of forests establishing new de facto protected areas.

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McRae launches his challenge in the short, superspecial in Cardiff on Thursday, though the outcome will de decided amid the mud and rain of the Welsh forests.

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Puglia's other most inspirational stretch lies between Otranto and Santa Maria de Leuca, interspersing dramatic rocks washed by translucent waters and soft-sand beaches backed by shady forests, where the cri-cri of the cicale (crickets) almost deafens in summer.

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