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Kim Stephan, ecologist and NCC representative on the Far North Coast Bushfire Management Committee, shares her insights on the effect of fires in old-growth forests. This article originally appeared the Tweed

Friends of the Koala hosted a 2-hour webinar focusing on koala habitat restoration in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.

Facilitated by Richard Davies from DPIE, the webinar includes presentations by Billie

The Department of Industry and Environment has produced a series of short videos to demonstrate how to add data into the NSW BioNet Atlas. BioNet is the repository for all the biodiversity data products managed

NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub hosted five
webinars in September (2020) on the research projects undertaken to assist with
the NSW Bushfire Inquiry. Leading experts presented each topic with

Renowned ABC journalist Kerry O’Brien hosts the first of two panel discussions run by the Big Scrub Landcare group on the impacts of fire on Australia’s rainforests.

Panel one looks at the impacts of the 201

The devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 affected 5.5 million hectares of land in NSW alone, 26 people lost their lives, 2,476 homes were destroyed and 25% of suitable koala habitat was burnt, along with 81% of

Simtable modeling has given the Ku-ring-gai local council an innovative way of explaining fire danger to their local residents. Through funding provided by the NSW Government, Local Government NSW has invested in

The Conversation covered a range of topics from 2019/20 bush fire season. This latest blog-style feature piece tells the story of the 2019/20 bush fires across Australia and the impact on our native flora and

The Centre of Excellence for Prescribed Burning has published a new book, Prescribed Burning in Australasia: the science, practice and politics of burning in the bush. Over 50 authors have contributed to this

In May, the BHCRC hosted its National Fire Fuels Science Forum. Usually hosted live, the forum was moved online due to COVID-19 restrictions. The three-day forum was converted into three online webinars that

A new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different combinations of prescribed burning strategies”, was launched in July 2020. The Bushfire Natural

NCC’s Bushfire Program hosted a 1hr webinar on June 2nd with three leading experts who delved into the impacts of the recent 2019-2020 bush fires on a range of ecosystems across NSW including our northern

Dr Ross Peacock from Macquarie University answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by NCC’s Bushfire Program on June

Conservationist Dailan Pugh answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by NCC’s Bushfire Program on June 2nd.

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President of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators Dr Tein McDonald answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted by N

Gondwana rainforest expert Dr. Robert Kooyman has shared his analysis of the devastating 2019/20 bush fires that affected 54% of Gondwana Rainforests of Australian World Heritage Areas in NSW (Ref 1).  

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NCC’s Healthy Ecosystems team has produced a series of 12
short training videos on the monitoring work being carried out as part of the
Large Forest Owls Project.

The Large Forest Owls Project is w

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

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

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