The devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 affected 5.5 million hectares of land in NSW alone, 26 people lost their...
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Simtable modeling has given the Ku-ring-gai local council an innovative way of explaining fire danger to their local residents....
The Conversation: Flora, Fauna, Fire
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfireThe Conversation covered a range of topics from 2019/20 bush fire season. This latest blog-style feature piece tells the...
WATCH – Prescribed Burning Atlas launch
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fire, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burnsA new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different...
WATCH – Flames in the Rainforests webinar
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, bushcare, Conferences, koalas, RainforestNCC’s Bushfire Program hosted a 1hr webinar on June 2nd with three leading experts who delved into the impacts...
Dr Ross Peacock from Macquarie University answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts...
Conservationist Dailan Pugh answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted...
Ask the expert: Dr Tein McDonald
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, bushcare, Fire, Lantana, Myrtle rust, weedsPresident of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators Dr Tein McDonald answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in...
WATCH – Rainforest expert Dr Robert Kooyman on the 2019/20 fires
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, RainforestGondwana rainforest expert Dr. Robert Kooyman has shared his analysis of the devastating 2019/20 bush fires that affected 54%...
WATCH – Large Forest Owls Project
Bushfire Volunteer, , Barking Owl, Masked Owl, nest boxes, Powerful Owl, vulnerable speciesNCC’s Healthy Ecosystems team has produced a series of 12 short training videos on the monitoring work being carried...
Professor David Lindemayer and associates have released an article in the Nature Ecology and Evolution journal outlining their findings...
The Conversation has published a thought-provoking article about the role of fungi in helping ecosystems recover after fire. Written...
Professor Philip Gibbons from the Australian National University was preparing to speak at NCC’s Bushfire Conference in May, however,...
Response to large-scale ecological disaster The Threatened Species Recovery Hub (part of the National Environmental Science Programme) has produced...
Ancient rainforests lost to the blaze NCC ecologist Mark Graham was invited to talk on the ABC radio program...