The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its State of the Environment Report for 2024/25, providing an updated...
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...
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...
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”, highlights...
NCC’s 2017 Bushfire Conference – Fire, Fauna & Ferals Sydney 30-31 May with a field day 1 June Conference...
Ecological Restoration – what standard are you working to? Ecological restoration and rehabilitation seeks to transform humanity’s role from...
NCC’s 11th Biennial Bushfire Conference will be held 30-31 May 2017 with a field trip proposed for 1 June. More...
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...
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...
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...
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”, highlights...
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...
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 14th...
Cultural Burn Protects Endemic Orchid

Cultural burns, while holding cultural significance, can also be effective ways to protect plants that are not only native...
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...
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)...
The NSW Rural Fire Service has just released fire history data in NSW to the public in September. Mapping...
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...
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...
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...