Bushfire Management News Today

Indigenous fire management shaped Australian tropical savannas over millennia, until the arrival of Europeans pushed the landscape back into a dangerous, unmanaged state.

A study of purple-crowned fairy-wrens offers lessons for fire management along waterways in tropical savanna ecosystems.

Satellite data and traditional know-how combined have drastically reduced fires across northern Australia over the past 20 years.

Two decades of satellite data have allowed us to map fires across the country and identify areas facing high fire risks. Fire activity has increased in several major regions over the past decade.

As a result of high fuel loads, three fire ban districts in the west of the state have...

Our Resilient House sees a post-war home reinvigorated to become a sustainable, alluring abode that is able to withstand the challenges of inclement weather.

Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.

Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.

In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.

The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of Table Mountain in South Africa destroyed several buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town. These included the Jagger Library, as well as the restaurant at Rhodes Memorial, the historic Mostert’s Mill, and several residential houses. This was a tragic event that will affect many people for a long time. Many questions have been raised as to why this happened, and whether anyone should carry the blame. Based on our research...