By collaborating with Indigenous ranger groups, we can make strategic fire and land management practices economically sustainable for traditional landowners.
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The unprecedented intensity of two summers of bushfires, first in the east and then in the west, offered harsh lessons for Australians. One is that some settlements must retreat from high-risk areas.
Two starkly different research projects at East Gippsland’s Cloggs Cave, 50 years apart, show the importance of Indigenous perspectives in archaeology.
Pristine and beautiful or black and dirty? As bushfires become more frequent and we look to Indigenous fire control practices, it is time to reconsider our attitudes to burnt earth.
California’s bushfire disaster is eerily reminiscent of Australia’s Black Summer. We share the same fiery fate, and must learn to adapt.
The bushfire royal commission will look at incorporating Aboriginal knowledge into mainstream fire management. But in practice, what does that mean?
There is a real risk a national inquiry could get bogged down in politics, or not lead to real change. But we need more federal action on bushfires. Our old approaches are broken.
Top contributors
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong
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Indigenous Chair of Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Curtin University
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Researcher, UNSW
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Senior Ecological Economist, Charles Darwin University
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PhD Candidate in Historical Ecology, University of Waterloo
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Traditional Knowledge Holder
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Senior research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in Archaeological Science, Australian National University
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Partner Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of Nottingham
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University