Are you a landholder interested in upscaling your land management skillset? As part of their commitment to supporting the...
Applying science, skills and stories at Ku-ring-gai, Sydney
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Directly following and complementing NCC’s 2023 Bushfire Conference, Managing Fire Together: Applying science, skills, and stories, NCC’s Bushfire Program...
NCC Bushfire Conference 2023
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NCC’s 13th biennial Bushfire Conference, “Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories”, took place on the 24-25th May,...
Are You Taking Part in This Year’s Great Glossy Count?
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Have you read our article on citizen science? If you have, you’ll know how important contributions to public citizen...
Do Post-Fire Acacia Thickets Increase Long-term Fire Risk?
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Have you ever noticed dense thickets of Acacia emerge post-fire, and wondered if they may represent a long-term fire...
Measuring Soil Health & the Impacts of Fire
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Would you like to measure multiple aspects indicating the health of your property’s soil, without spending a fortune on...
The Climate Council is an independent organisation which uses the latest science on climate to help tackle one of...
Koalas and DPE guidelines for planned burning
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We’ve all heard about koala populations declining in numbers in recent years due to multiple threats such as land...
If you’re curious about how Indigenous cultural burning from around 10,000 years ago has implications for current land management,...
Drones – The Future of Bushfire Management?
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A recent article in the Guardian has explored the use of remotely piloted drones in order to facilitate the...
An Introduction to Citizen Science
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Citizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
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Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?
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Particularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
Watch the final showcase of the Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub as their initial works draw to a close....
How a NCC community workshop in Kangaroo Valley connected people through nature
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We are all familiar with the severe and extensive bushfires of 2019-20 which impacted the lives of so many...
