Indigenous forest management practices can help control wildfires’ frequency and severity, while also restoring people’s connections to the land.
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A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.
Indigenous land management in southeastern Australia halved forest shrub cover 6,000 years ago, reducing high-intensity bushfires
The El Niño is a reminder that bushfires are part of Australian life. But whether or not this fire season is a bad one, Australia must find a better way to manage bushfires.
Researchers focused on a site in the Illawarra region of NSW, which holds a unique record into the past.
First Nations people should have a real say in decisions affecting them and their Country. Here, we look at how two current policy-making efforts measure up.
In one finding, fire authorities chose to save a few farm sheds over 5,000 hectares of national park. Clearly, our fire management needs a reset.
Indigenous fire management reduces the risk of bushfires, supports habitat and improves Indigenous wellbeing. Yet, the State of the Environment report this week found it’s underused.
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
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.
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Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of Nottingham
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Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne
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Fellow in Natural History, Australian National University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
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Indigenous Chair of Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Curtin University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Fire Ecology and Management, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, UNSW
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PhD Candidate in Historical Ecology, University of Waterloo
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Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia