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Patches of subsurface peat in endangered swamps north of Denmark are still smouldering weeks after a WA government department set fire to the area as part of a prescribed burn.
After seeing off a bid to explore near the Bodhinyana monastery, the forest monks are encouraging others to ‘keep the pressure on’
The adverse effects of climate change have increased the danger of fires in Australia, with a need to implement strategies to avoid another Black Summer,
Prescribed burning in numbat habitat under fire Scientists warn strategic fires are killing native wildlife, including endangered numbats. Credit: gmast3r / Getty Images Western Australian scientists petitioned their Premier this week for a full, independent scientific enquiry into the state’s prescribed burning practices, which they say have now killed some of the last remaining numbats ( Myrmecobius fasciatus), or walpurti, a rare and endangered marsupial. A fire was lit by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) on 25 March this year by dropping firebombs from...