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October 31, 2024

Ancient mud reveals Australia’s burning history over the past 130,000 years – and shows a way through our fiery future

Michela Mariani, University of Nottingham; Anna Florin, Australian National University; Haidee Cadd, University of Wollongong; Matthew Adeleye, University of Cambridge, and Simon Connor, Australian National University

Indigenous land management in southeastern Australia halved forest shrub cover 6,000 years ago, reducing high-intensity bushfires

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December 8, 2022

How 1970s conservation laws turned this ‘paradise on Earth’ into a tinderbox

Michael-Shawn Fletcher, The University of Melbourne; Anthony John Romano, The University of Melbourne; Michela Mariani, University of Nottingham; Russell Mullett, Indigenous Knowledge, and Simon Connor, Australian National University

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.

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February 15, 2022

World‑first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion

Michela Mariani, University of Nottingham; Michael-Shawn Fletcher, The University of Melbourne, and Simon Connor, Australian National University

Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.

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