Forests & Fire
Logging Makes Forest Fires Worse Experts
Logging Makes Forest Fires Worse Experts
16 January 2020 – Dominica Sanda | Canberra Times
“Australian National University Professor David Lindenmayer says while the main driver of fires is the climate, logging makes forests drier and leaves behind flammable debris on the ground.
“Forests that have been logged and regenerated are significantly more likely to burn at higher severity,” …
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.
More Than One Billion Animals Killed In Australian Bushfires – Sydney expert
More Than One Billion Animals Killed In Australian Bushfires
8 January 2020 – University of Sydney
Number of animals killed in Australian bushfires: Sydney expert
Professor Chris Dickman has revised his estimate of the number of animals killed in bushfires in NSW to more than 800 million animals, with a national impact of more than one billion animals.
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Hazard Reduction Burns Are Not A Panacea For Bushfire Risk RFS Boss Says
Hazard Reduction Burns Are Not A Panacea For Bushfire Risk RFS Boss Says
8 January 2020 – The Guardian (AAP)
The boss of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service says hazard reduction is important but not a panacea for bushfire risk and has “very little effect at all” on the spread of fire in severe or extreme …
Many Many Billions Of Animals Feared To Have Died In Bushfires
Many Many Billions Of Animals Feared To Have Died In Bushfires
8 January 2020 – Liam Mannix | Sydney Morning Herald
Scientists fear many billions of animals may have been killed by the bushfires that have swept across Australia’s south-east.
At least one species is feared extinct as scientists continue to raise their estimates for the animal death toll. …
Hazard Reduction Burning Is Not A Panacea To Bushfire Risk Expert
Hazard Reduction Burning Is Not A Panacea To Bushfire Risk Expert – Transcript
8 January 2020 ABC Radio, PM – Linda Motteram interviews David Lindenmayer – Transcript
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons was also on morning television, he’s stressed there are fewer chances to do hazard reduction burning these days, but adds it’s …
Are Hazard Reduction Burns Effective In Managing Bushfires? The Answer Is Complicated
Are Hazard Reduction Burns Effective In Managing Bushfires? The Answer Is Complicated
20 Dec 2019 – ABC News – RMIT ABC Fact Check
Frequent Fire Makes The Bush More Likely To Burn UOW Study Finds
Frequent Fire Makes The Bush More Likely To Burn UOW Study Finds
7 August 2018 – Kate McIlwain | Illawarra Mercury
New research out of the University of Wollongong has revealed that, in the study area of the Australian Alps, fire has made the bush more likely to burn.
And while Dr Philip Zylstra says his findings don’t mean …
A Burning Issue Forest Fires Make More Fires
A Burning Issue Forest Fires Make More Fires
7 August 2018 – Ecological Society of Australia
The most comprehensive analysis ever performed of fires in the Australian Alps has revealed that fire has made the forests more likely to burn. Frequent fire increases the risk of fire and of ecosystem collapse in mountain forests, which are highly vulnerable …
A Comparison Of Fuel Hazard In Recently Burned And Long Unburned Forests And Woodlands
A Comparison Of Fuel Hazard In Recently Burned And Long Unburned Forests And Woodlands
23 July 2018 – Kelly Dixon et al | CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Fuel hazard is often assumed to increase with fuel age, or the time-since-fire. However, studies on fuel hazard in long-unburned forests are scarce. We measured overall fuel hazard in Eucalyptus forests and …