The Nature Conservation Council attended the Climate Change and Bushfire Roundtable hosted by Cities Power Partnership in Katoomba. This brought together local government, experts and agencies to share knowledge and effective fire management strategies to prepare for climate risk and bushfires. The key roundtable speakers included Professor Lesley Hughes (Climate Councilor and Ecologist), Greg Mullins (Climate Councilor/Former NSW Fire Commissioner), Michael Eburn (Associate Professor in Bushfire at ANU) and Tim McNaught (Director Office of Bushfire and Risk Management, Western Australia). For more information on the presentations, discussions, and useful resources, please follow the link below.
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Trees Near Me app
Bushfire Volunteer, , app, Vegetation
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment have released an app for android users that allows you to explore...
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Online Environmental Tools Training Webinar 2019
Bushfire Volunteer,
This series of training videos is designed to provide training to individuals in the use of several online tools,...
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Book Review – A Wide & Open Land: Walking The Last Of Western Sydney’s Woodlands by Peter A. Ridgeway
Bushfire Volunteer, , Book, history, plants, Western Sydney, wildlife
As one who enjoys long bushwalks and studying nature, I was very keen to grab hold of a copy...
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After the catastrophe: a blueprint
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Restoration
Response to large-scale ecological disaster The Threatened Species Recovery Hub (part of the National Environmental Science Programme) has produced...
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Effect of fuel-reduction burning and logging on bats
Bushfire Volunteer,
A study on the long-term effects of fuel-reduction burning and logging in dry-schlerophyll forests on bat populations in south-eastern...
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Watch – NCC 2021 Bushfire Conference
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Conferences, Fire, post-fire, threatened species
Over three days in May 2021, the Nature Conservation Council’s Bushfire Program hosted their 12th Biennial Bushfire Conference Cool,...
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Alpine ash forests more fire-resistant with age
Michelle Rose NCC,
Contrary to common belief, some forests get more fire-resistant with age. Phil Zylstra looked at every fire in every forest in the...
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Impact of Bushfires On Platypus Revealed
Bushfire Volunteer, , biodiversity, bushfire, Fauna, Featured, Fire, post-fire, Research, Restoration, threatened species, wildfire, wildlife
Using a unique method of monitoring “environmental DNA,” researchers have been able to identify the effect of bushfires not...