In the 1940s, RAAF planes took aerial photographs of the Great Sandy Desert, capturing something valuable: the patterns of burning performed by our ancestors over generations.
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Urgent action is now needed to protect these vulnerable populations and ensure the night parrot doesn’t become extinct.
The 2023 megafires burnt more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. That’s larger than the whole of NSW, or more than three times size of the UK.
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Senior research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Ngururrpa Ranger, Indigenous Knowledge
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Karajarri Traditional Owner, Cultural Advisor, Karajarri Land Trust Association, Indigenous Knowledge
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Traditional Owner; Karajarri Lands Trust Association/UWA, Indigenous Knowledge
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Ngurrara Traditional Owner and Ranger, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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