We compiled maps of bushfires and prescribed burns in southern Australia from 1980 to 2021 to see how fire activity is changing habitat for 129 threatened species such as mountain pygmy possums.
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Australia’s forests have controlled their own own flammability since Gondwana. We must respect this natural process.
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
Fire hazards are influenced by three factors: weather, an ignition source and fuel loads. The first two are unpredictable. But fuel loads can be managed.
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