'Wilderness' is such a problematic concept on a continent where First Nations people have managed country for many thousands of years. This is an interesting dive into the issue of introducing prescribed fire & cultural burning into wilderness zones. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/552dcb…

We got some great national coverage of the epic fires in central Australia onABC ABC Radio National this afternoon. A great piece highlighting the both the scale of these fires and in critical role of indigenous rangers in their control.Northern Institute Indigenous Desert Alliance abc.net.au/listen/program…

Interested in how fire affects biodiversity? 🔥🐦🦇🐝🌿 We have a new paper synthesizing work and building a framework for future research and application focused on the hypothesis that "Pyrodiversity begets biodiversity" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

NW Fire Science Consortium is excited to announce a new synthesis: Indigenous Fire Stewardship For Fire Mgmt & Ecol Restoration In PNW. It's a systemic review of themes in this literature including social, ecol & policy aspects of IFS + a 66-article annotated biblio. ow.ly/oMzG50Q3EOz

Government agencies are overwhelmed by... a plan to treat 400,000ac/yr with beneficial fire ... If we can get buy-in from landowners, organizations and local communities around Indigenous knowledge and expertise of fire, that’s where we’ll see scaling up universityofcalifornia.edu/news/new-uc-ba…

Herbivory limits plant abundance and diversity at restoration sites globally, even more than in undisturbed ecosystems | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Some long-awaited rains quelling multiple fires across eastern NSW over the last 24hrs.

EU strikes landmark deal on law to restore and protect nature The EU has just demonstrated that it's possible to legislate targets for ecosystem restoration, and ambitious ones at that. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene Must-read (open-access) review in 'Annual Review of Environment and Resources' by @luketkelly Imma Oliveras Menor Adam Pellegrini Ella Plumanns Pouton Pere Pons Ferran & @[email protected] #FireRegimes #Anthropocene annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…

📢 We are looking for individuals or organisations to support the co-development of the #Firesticks #ImpactFramework & assist us in telling our stories of success & building on strengths. Submit EOI here ow.ly/nnju50Q88An by the 24 Nov or contact [email protected]

Super important new paper on fate of #savannas after agricultural disturbance. Not good news.

Southern Yuin crew led a fauna monitoring workshop in the Biamanga cultural landscape impacted by the recent Coolagolite wildfire. Trail cameras allow us to understand how native fauna respond to high-intensity wildfires compared to #culturalburns. 🔥 Support from @nswenviromedia

Brilliant - we need more of this! The differences between severe wildfire and cultural burns are often overlooked by the public and many ecologists. #GoodFire

Are you a First Nations person keen to start your Cultural Fire journey? Expressions of Interest for the 2024/25 Cultural Fire Mentoring Program in the Greater Sydney region are only open for five more days! Apply here before Sun, Dec 17 👉🏿 ow.ly/aI5j50Q89bF 📷 Xuela Sledge

Indigenous pyrodiversity promotes plant diversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Rainforest response to glacial terminations before and after human arrival in Lutruwita (Tasmania) by Sarah Cooley Palawa burning kept Country open, suppressing rainforest expansion in what is supposedly a "wilderness" area today! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem academic.oup.com/aob/article/do…

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe independent of fuel accumulation and climate change: Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation - "Managing wildfires to safely burn under low and moderate conditions is thus a critical tool to address the growing wildfire crisis." nature.com/articles/s4146…