A team of Traditional Owners from Indigenous Knowledge and researchers from Australian National University have shown how cultural burning...
New Guidebooks on Protecting Owls Released

Continuing its mission to monitor and protect essential large forest owl populations, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s (NCC)...
New Fire Management Guide for Namoi Landholders

The Hotspots Fire Project has just released the updated Namoi region “Managing Fire on Your Property” booklet, the latest...
Impact of Bush Fires On Platypus Revealed

Using a unique method of monitoring “environmental DNA,” researchers have been able to identify the effect of bushfires not...
Researchers Anthony Dosseto and Katharine Haynes from the University of Wollongong along with Leanne Brook and Victor Channell from...
The Digital Atlas of Australia, a new initiative by the Australian Government (2023) allows users to easily look at...
The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) gained a lot of attention in 2020 for “actively herding” animals that needed help...
Transport for NSW has launched a new Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes Project across the state to support Indigenous land management...
New Planning Process for Managing Bush Fire Risk in NSW

The NSW Rural Fire Service is currently rolling out a new planning process for managing bush fire risk in...
Understanding Fuel… and Fire Behaviour

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service, as part of the Hotspots Fire Project,...
Bushfire Mitigation – Fire Wise Project

The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has developed the Fire Wise project, which advocates for community engagement across...
Video Update – Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project

Click on the video below to hear from the Safe Havens Project Coordinator Angus Underwood and Pete Knock the...
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit proceedings

Fire to Flourish, a Monash University iniative hosted a summit in August 2023 on disaster resilience for Indigenous Australians....
Conversations with Children about Bushfires

How do we talk with children about bushfires in an age-appropriate and constructive way? Bushfires are a natural &...
High-intensity fires pose risks to wildlife. Beyond causing direct mortality, severe bushfires can cause indirect threats to wildlife through...