Australia s Megafires by Libby Rumpff, Sarah Legge, Stephen van Leeuwen, Brendan Wintle, John Woinarski published February 2023. The ISBN is 9781486316649. The publisher is CSIRO Publishing. Buy Australia s Megafires from CSIRO PUBLISHING online.
The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. They burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly forests in southeast Australia. Many of our most distinctive, ancient and vulnerable species were worst affected.
Long touted for their far-reaching health, cultural, environmental and social benefits, Australia’s native foods and the industry surrounding them look to be on the precipice of a boom. But as markets wake up to the potential of this produce, another global factor has become a cause for concern.