We cannot allow climate change mitigation and adaptation to become another colonial process of dispossession and disempowerment.
Articles on Cultural burning
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Why rely on unproven technologies when we can store carbon and cut emissions through Country-based and nature-based solutions?
Large and out-of-control wildfires can seriously damage ecosystems, but Indigenous fire practices can keep ecosystems healthy and resilient, and even increase biodiversity.
As the bushfire royal commission examines whether to expand the use of indigenous fire techniques, overseas countries are already on board.
In past bushfire inquires, Aboriginal people have been mentioned only sparingly. When referenced now, it’s only in relation to cultural burning. This must change.
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Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Professor in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Traditional Owner; Karajarri Lands Trust Association/UWA, Indigenous Knowledge
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Indigenous Knowledges, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate in Historical Ecology, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of Nottingham
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University