Indigenous land management in southeastern Australia halved forest shrub cover 6,000 years ago, reducing high-intensity bushfires
- Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of Nottingham
New research finds the Victorian town of Buchan never experienced catastrophic bushfires, until misguided laws banned the use of burning as a way to control the land.
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
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