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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Bushfire Inquiry Submissions 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 affected 5.5 million hectares of land in NSW alone, 26 people lost their lives, 2,476 homes were destroyed and 25% of suitable koala habitat was burnt, along with 81% of
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Simtable modeling 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Simtable modeling has given the Ku-ring-gai local council an innovative way of explaining fire danger to their local residents. Through funding provided by the NSW Government, Local Government NSW has invested in
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, The Conversation: Flora, Fauna, Fire 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Conversation covered a range of topics from 2019/20 bush fire season. This latest blog-style feature piece tells the story of the 2019/20 bush fires across Australia and the impact on our native flora and
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Prescribed burning in Australasia 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Centre of Excellence for Prescribed Burning has published a new book, Prescribed Burning in Australasia: the science, practice and politics of burning in the bush. Over 50 authors have contributed to this
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Fire Fuels Forum: a deep dive into hazard reduction 3 weeks, 1 day ago
In May, the BHCRC hosted its National Fire Fuels Science Forum. Usually hosted live, the forum was moved online due to COVID-19 restrictions. The three-day forum was converted into three online webinars that
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Prescribed Burning Atlas launch 3 weeks, 1 day ago
A new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different combinations of prescribed burning strategies”, was launched in July 2020. The Bushfire Natural
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Flames in the Rainforests webinar 4 weeks ago
NCC’s Bushfire Program hosted a 1hr webinar on June 2nd with three leading experts who delved into the impacts of the recent 2019-2020 bush fires on a range of ecosystems across NSW including our northern
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Ask the expert: Dr Ross Peacock 4 weeks ago
Dr Ross Peacock from Macquarie University answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by NCC’s Bushfire Program on June
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Ask the expert: Dailan Pugh 4 weeks ago
Conservationist Dailan Pugh answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by NCC’s Bushfire Program on June 2nd.
Watch the rec
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Ask the expert: Dr Tein McDonald 4 weeks ago
President of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators Dr Tein McDonald answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by N
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Rainforest expert Dr Robert Kooyman on the 2019/20 fires 4 weeks ago
Gondwana rainforest expert Dr. Robert Kooyman has shared his analysis of the devastating 2019/20 bush fires that affected 54% of Gondwana Rainforests of Australian World Heritage Areas in NSW (Ref 1).
Dr. R
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, WATCH – Large Forest Owls Project 4 weeks ago
NCC’s Healthy Ecosystems team has produced a series of 12
short training videos on the monitoring work being carried out as part of the
Large Forest Owls Project.The Large Forest Owls Project is w
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, "Compelling evidence" logging worsened bushfires 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Professor David Lindemayer and associates have released an article in the Nature Ecology and Evolution journal outlining their findings that logging in native forests in Australia have contributed to a worsened
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Fungi's role in recovery 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Conversation has published a thought-provoking article about the role of fungi in helping ecosystems recover after fire. Written by a team of lecturers including Dale Nimmo from Charles Stuart University and
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Building a fire-safe garden 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Professor Philip Gibbons from the Australian National University was preparing to speak at NCC’s Bushfire Conference in May, however, due to the COVID-19 crisis this has been postponed until next year. We will
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Steps to take after a fire 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Managing land post-fire
Managing a landscape post-fire comes with many unique challenges. The points below are designed to give you a brief overview of some of those challenges and actions you can take to
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, After the catastrophe: a blueprint 8 months ago
Response to large-scale ecological disaster
The Threatened Species Recovery Hub (part of the National Environmental Science Programme) has produced a collaborative report for how to approach the conservation
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Mark Graham on ecological damage of recent fires 9 months, 1 week ago
Ancient rainforests lost to the blaze
NCC ecologist Mark Graham was invited to talk on the ABC radio program Saturday Extra with Geraldine Douge (on the 16th of November 2019) on the impact the intense fire
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Postponed – NCC Bushfire Conference 2020 9 months, 2 weeks ago
In light of public health advice on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are unfortunately postponing the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Bushfire Conference scheduled for the 19-20th May 2020 at the NSW Te
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post, Seeds for the Future Forum 10 months ago
Lessons from the AABR forum
NCC Bushfire program staff attended the Seeds for the Future Forum on the 8th of October 2019, at the Teachers Federation Hall in Sydney, to connect with members in this industry
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