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Alarming Trends for Fire and Biodiversity The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its State of the Environment Report for 2024/25, providing an updated and sobering

Long-Term Impact of Cultural Burning and Shrub Cover A recent study has revealed that Indigenous cultural burning practices halved shrub cover across south-east Australia thousands of years

LA Fires a Case Study for Australia? As Australians tracked from afar the devastation of the Los Angeles Palisades fires in January 2025 – including loss of life, 1,000s of l

New Fire Ecology Database from UNSW It is becoming increasingly apparent how different plant species are responding to fire in very different ways. Understanding these

Weaving caring for Country into fire risk management A community-led action research project on the far south coast of NSW on Djiringanj Country, is exploring the best way in which to

Koala Recovery in Southern NSW 5 years after Fires An ABC short documentary from the broadcaster’s Landline series, “Koala Recovery: The sanctuary helping nature recover from bushfire”,

Bushfire Conference Field Day – All Things Royal The Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Bushfire Conference concluded on the third day with a wet but productive field day to the Royal N

NCC's 14th Biennial Bushfire Conference 2025 – Commissioner Rob Rogers delivering his opening address The Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Bushfire Program delivered their 1

Cultural Burn Protects Endemic Orchid Cultural burns, while holding cultural significance, can also be effective ways to protect plants that are not only native to the region, but

Cultural Burning Benefits Fauna in Spinifex Deserts A team of Traditional Owners from Indigenous Knowledge and researchers from Australian National University have shown how cultural burning can

New Guidebooks on Protecting Owls Released Continuing its mission to monitor and protect essential large forest owl populations, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s (NCC) Large F

NSW Fire History Data Released on Web Viewer  The NSW Rural Fire Service has just released fire history data in NSW to the public in September.   Mapping of fire history in a region i

Native Vegetation Regulatory Map – a tool for landholders The NSW Government has released a Draft version of their new Native Vegetation Regulatory Map interface. This is a tool that allows users to

New Fire Management Guide for Namoi Landholders  The Hotspots Fire Project has just released the updated Namoi region “Managing Fire on Your Property” booklet, the latest in a series of g

Impact of Bush Fires On Platypus Revealed Using a unique method of monitoring “environmental DNA,” researchers have been able to identify the effect of bushfires not only on land and

Cultural Burning a Boon for Soil Health Researchers Anthony Dosseto and Katharine Haynes from the University of Wollongong along with Leanne Brook and Victor Channell from the

New Interactive Historical Fire Data Released The Digital Atlas of Australia, a new initiative by the Australian Government (2023) allows users to easily look at historical bush fire

Wombat Burrows a Haven for Small Animals The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) gained a lot of attention in 2020 for “actively herding” animals that needed help during the fires int

Transport for NSW Supports Cultural Burning Transport for NSW has launched a new Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes Project across the state to support Indigenous land management practices

New Planning Process for Managing Bush Fire Risk in NSW The NSW Rural Fire Service is currently rolling out a new planning process for managing bush fire risk in NSW, with Bush Fire Management