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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years, 1 month 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 4 years, 3 months 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 4 years, 3 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 4 years, 5 months 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 4 years, 5 months 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 4 years, 6 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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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago
A study on the long-term effects of fuel-reduction burning and logging in dry-schlerophyll forests on bat populations in south-eastern Australia found that bat records increased after low-intensity burning,
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago
Looking into the eye of the fire:
Some astonishing footage has been captured within two prescribed burns by the Conservation Foundation’s Franklin Parker Preserve in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, New Jersey, U
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago
A four-page fact sheet on the importance and value of hollows as habitat for wildlife has been created by the Hotspots’s Fire Project. This informative guide outlines why these natural assets are so valuable, the
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago
An educational video on four factors that affect wildfire has been created by research fellow Hamish Clarke. Hamish Clarke is working alongside Professor Ross Bradstock at the University of Wollongong on a
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago
This series of training videos is designed to provide training to individuals in the use of several online tools, to support NCC representatives on Bush Fire Management Committees, volunteers, staff and
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago
The Project
In November 2018, the Nature Conservation Council in partnership with the Coffs Harbour and District Local Aboriginal Land Council hosted a workshop ‘Wildlife Habitat – Protect, Create, Mon
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago
Ever wonder what the top bushfires myths commonly believed throughout society are? Created by the Climate Council just before the 2018 bushfire season, this relevant guide clarifies how a changing climate
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 5 months ago
The Hotspots team have produced a practical guide ‘The Ecological Site Assessment and Monitoring of Bush Fire Management- A guide for landholders’. Designed as a follow up to the Hotspots workshops, this guid
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 7 months ago
Learn why co-existing with fire will be crucial in the future as fire regimes change from leading fire ecologist Ross Bradstock. Click here to watch his presentation.
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 8 months ago
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript highlights components of the discussion Mark led related to fire and the importance of
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 8 months ago
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript highlights components of the discussion Mark led at the second site about the importance of
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Bushfire Volunteer wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago
In our June 2018 newsletter a story about protecting the Monaro bark eating Koalas received lots of attention and we thought we would remind our readers of the discussion between Tweed Shire Council’s Scott H
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