Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
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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...
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
Bushfire Volunteer, , Bushfire ProgramWe are all familiar with the severe and extensive bushfires of 2019-20 which impacted the lives of so many...
We’ve all seen the current effects of climate change. As bushfires become larger, more sever and more frequent the...
Ever wondered who your fury, scaly and feathered neighbours are? What lives in your local bush or your backyard?...
Have you ever wanted to know more about your environment and how it is changing? Monitoring is a powerful...
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) has developed a booklet on cultural burning, collating Aboriginal stories...
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment have released an app for android users that allows you to explore...
Watch – Ecological burns: a Council perspective
Bushfire Volunteer, , Cultural burning, Ecological burning, Local councilMartin Roberts from Macedon Ranges Shire Council explores ecological burns from a Local Government perspective in a presentation for...
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, wildlifeAs one who enjoys long bushwalks and studying nature, I was very keen to grab hold of a copy...
‘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...
The Hotspots Fire Project, jointly delivered by the Nature Conservation Council and the NSW Rural Fire Service, has released...
Empowering Indigenous leadership in bushfire recovery, burning and land management
Bushfire Volunteer, , Cultural burningThe Threatened Species Recovery Hub conducted research to better understand key Indigenous aspirations for cultural burning and bush fire...
Conserving Australia’s threatened native mammals in predator-invaded, fire-prone landscapes
Bushfire Volunteer,Inappropriate fire regimes are a key threatening process for native mammals in Australia. Predation by feral animals such as...