Smoking ceremony to begin the event, image from Common Ground taken by Colleen Raven Firesticks, a national Indigenous network...
As Australians tracked from afar the devastation of the Los Angeles Palisades fires in January 2025 – including loss...
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 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...
Understanding Fuel… and Fire Behaviour
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service, as part of the Hotspots Fire Project,...
Bushfire Mitigation – Fire Wise Project
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has developed the Fire Wise project, which advocates for community engagement across...
Video Update – Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project
Click on the video below to hear from the Safe Havens Project Coordinator Angus Underwood and Pete Knock the...
Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project
The Nature Conservation Council’s Safe Havens Project is supporting the post bushfire recovery of Owls and hollow-dependent threatened species...
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit proceedings
Fire to Flourish, a Monash University iniative hosted a summit in August 2023 on disaster resilience for Indigenous Australians....
Conversations with Children about Bushfires
How do we talk with children about bushfires in an age-appropriate and constructive way? Bushfires are a natural &...
High-intensity fires pose risks to wildlife. Beyond causing direct mortality, severe bushfires can cause indirect threats to wildlife through...
Wildlife Fire Response Training for Firefighters
Are you someone who is often on the front line after a fire or extreme weather event? Do you...
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Council (AFAC) has released a range of training videos to help you better...
This article was written by Jim Morrison. Jim is the Northern Regional representative on Nature Conservation Council of NSW...















