Thinning of Forests - Bushfire/Ecology

Fire Scientists Warn Forest Industry Plan Could Increase Fire Risk

Fire Scientists Warn Forest Industry Plan Could Increase Fire Risk

9 January 2020  |   Mike Foley – Sydney Morning Herald

A timber industry proposal to allow some logging in national parks and on other public land to reduce bushfire risk could actually make forests more flammable.

Flammability Dynamics In The Australian Alps – Study 

Flammability Dynamics In The Australian Alps – Study
February 2018 – Philip Zylstra © 2018 Ecological Society of Australia

Abstract
Forests of the Australian Alps (SE Australia) are considered some of the most vulnerable to climate change in the country, with ecosystem collapse considered likely for some due to frequent fire. It is not yet known, however, …