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March 21, 2023

New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they’re left alone

Philip Zylstra, Curtin University and Grant Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University

Red tingle forests in south-western Australia have the lowest fire risk when they’ve not been subjected to prescribed burning. New research explains why

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May 20, 2021

Native forest logging makes bushfires worse – and to say otherwise ignores the facts

Philip Zylstra, University of Wollongong; Grant Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University; James Watson, The University of Queensland, and Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland

They overlook a vast body of evidence that crown fire – the most extreme type of fire behaviour in which tree canopies burn - is more likely in logged native forests.

The thorny devil, one of Australia’s many remarkable and unique animals. Euan Ritchie

March 15, 2018

Australia’s draft ‘Strategy for nature’ doesn’t cut it. Here are nine ways to fix it

Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Bek Christensen, Queensland University of Technology; Bill Bateman, Curtin University; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Don Driscoll, Deakin University; Grant Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University; Noel D. Preece, James Cook University, and Sarah Luxton, Curtin University

Most of Australia’s plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth. This remarkable biodiversity requires a bolder, brighter conservation vision.

Western Australia’s few remaining giant jarrahs are increasingly lonely monuments to the forest’s towering past. Amanda Slater/Wikimedia Commons

March 14, 2016

EcoCheck: Australia’s Southwest jarrah forests have lost their iconic giants

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University

When Europeans first arrived in Australia’s Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, only a handful of these giants remain.

The grey-faced sengi, found only in remote East African forests, is related to elephants. Francesco Rovero

November 15, 2013

‘Irreplaceable’ homes of endangered animals mapped – but did they get it right?

Shireen Chan, The Conversation

Kakadu National Park, Western Australia’s Shark Bay and Queensland’s wet tropics are among the world’s most important protected areas for conserving species, according to a study published today in the…

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