Continuing its mission to monitor and protect essential large forest owl populations, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s (NCC)...
Bushfire Mitigation – Fire Wise Project
Bushfire Volunteer, , Ecological burning, Fire, Fire management, Hazard Reduction, Planning, plants, Preparedness, prevention, program, projectThe Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has developed the Fire Wise project, which advocates for community engagement across...
NCC Bushfire Conference 2023
Bushfire Volunteer, , bushfire, bushfire conference, climate, climate change, Conferences, Cultural burning, Ecological burning, Events, Fire severity, Hazard Reduction, prevention, Research, resources, wildfireNCC’s 13th biennial Bushfire Conference, “Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories”, took place on the 24-25th May,...
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...
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...
Simtable modeling has given the Ku-ring-gai local council an innovative way of explaining fire danger to their local residents....
WATCH – Fire Fuels Forum: a deep dive into hazard reduction
Bushfire Volunteer, , Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, preventionIn May, the BHCRC hosted its National Fire Fuels Science Forum. Usually hosted live, the forum was moved online...
Professor David Lindemayer and associates have released an article in the Nature Ecology and Evolution journal outlining their findings...