Have you read our article on citizen science? If you have, you’ll know how important contributions to public citizen...
Drones – The Future of Bushfire Management?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, prevention, Research, wildfireA recent article in the Guardian has explored the use of remotely piloted drones in order to facilitate the...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, Flammability, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, prevention, Research, wildfireParticularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
‘Business as usual won’t cut it’: The Conversation
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, NSW Bushfire InquiryTwo years on from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, this Conversation article analyses the current state of fire management...
Watch – NCC 2021 Bushfire Conference
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Conferences, Fire, post-fire, threatened speciesOver three days in May 2021, the Nature Conservation Council’s Bushfire Program hosted their 12th Biennial Bushfire Conference Cool,...
NSW Fire and Environment Report
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, biodiversity, threatened species, vulnerable speciesDo you want to better understand the effects of the 2019/20 fire season on the NSW environment? The Department...
AABR: Assessing priorities for post-fire bush regeneration
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, bushcare, post-fire, weedsThe Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) has produced three short videos to assist bush regenerators across the state...
Climate, Fire and Biodiversity webinar series
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, climate, climate change, post-fire, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfireThe Threatened Species Recovery Hub hosted a four part webinar series in August/September (2020) on climate, fire and biodiversity....
Old Growth Forests: when giants fall….
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Hollows, Rainforest, wildfireKim Stephan, ecologist and NCC representative on the Far North Coast Bushfire Management Committee, shares her insights on the...
WATCH – NSW Bushfire Inquiry Research Projects
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, NSW Bushfire Inquiry, wildfireNSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub hosted five webinars in September (2020) on the research projects undertaken to assist...
WATCH – Big Scrub Landcare: Saving Our Rainforests from Fire
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Nightcap National Park, post-fire, Rainforest, wildfireRenowned ABC journalist Kerry O’Brien hosts the first of two panel discussions run by the Big Scrub Landcare group...
The devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 affected 5.5 million hectares of land in NSW alone, 26 people lost their...
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 – 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...