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Penelope Jones

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Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Tasmania

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August 9, 2022

‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health

Penelope Jones, University of Tasmania; David Bowman, University of Tasmania, and Fay Johnston, University of Tasmania

Savanna grasslands are burnt early in the dry season to reduce the chance of large fires later. But it’s making air pollution worse.

Aborigines Using Fire to Hunt Kangaroos, by Joseph Lycett. New research suggests the assumption Aboriginal people lived in open vegetation sustained by fire is misplaced. National Library of Australia

October 3, 2019

New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the land

Ted Lefroy, University of Tasmania; David Bowman, University of Tasmania; Grant Williamson, University of Tasmania, and Penelope Jones, University of Tasmania

History has told us Aboriginal people in Tasmania almost exclusively occupied open plains. Revelations to the contrary could transform modern conservation.

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