The Climate Council is an independent organisation which uses the latest science on climate to help tackle one of...
Koalas and DPE guidelines for planned burning
admin, , Fauna, Fire, Guidelines, koalas, Planned Burns, Prescribed burns, resources, threatened speciesWe’ve all heard about koala populations declining in numbers in recent years due to multiple threats such as land...
If you’re curious about how Indigenous cultural burning from around 10,000 years ago has implications for current land management,...
Drones – The Future of Bushfire Management?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, prevention, Research, wildfireA recent article in the Guardian has explored the use of remotely piloted drones in order to facilitate the...
An Introduction to Citizen Science
Bushfire Volunteer, , bushcare, climate change, Fire, Monitoring, plants, post-fire, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable speciesCitizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
Bushfire Volunteer, , Community resilience, Fauna, Fire, Hazard Reduction, Hollows, plants, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfireAround the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, Flammability, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, prevention, Research, wildfireParticularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
Watch – NCC 2021 Bushfire Conference
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Conferences, Fire, post-fire, threatened speciesOver three days in May 2021, the Nature Conservation Council’s Bushfire Program hosted their 12th Biennial Bushfire Conference Cool,...
Northern Rivers Koala Habitat Restoration webinar
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fire, koalas, threatened species, vulnerable speciesFriends of the Koala hosted a 2-hour webinar focusing on koala habitat restoration in the Northern Rivers region of...
The Conversation: Flora, Fauna, Fire
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfireThe Conversation covered a range of topics from 2019/20 bush fire season. This latest blog-style feature piece tells the...
WATCH – Prescribed Burning Atlas launch
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fire, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burnsA new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different...
Dr Ross Peacock from Macquarie University answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts...
Conservationist Dailan Pugh answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted...
Ask the expert: Dr Tein McDonald
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, bushcare, Fire, Lantana, Myrtle rust, weedsPresident of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators Dr Tein McDonald answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in...
WATCH – Rainforest expert Dr Robert Kooyman on the 2019/20 fires
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, RainforestGondwana rainforest expert Dr. Robert Kooyman has shared his analysis of the devastating 2019/20 bush fires that affected 54%...