The debate over fighting fire with fire in the Kimberley
3 years, 6 months ago

The debate over fighting fire with fire in the Kimberley

ABC  

Every year, 40 per cent of West Australia's massive Kimberley region burns. "There's absolutely no question that if you do a lot of burning in the early dry season, by definition, you can't have a lot of late dry season fires," he said. Proponents believe early aerial burning will shift the pattern of fire away from the late dry season "hot fires" to cooler burns earlier in the season. "The only areas that are viable for carbon projects are areas where there have been a very poor fire regime, so dominated by large bushfires in the late dry season," he said. "So it's not an incentive to burn more, it's an incentive to burn 'just right' because if you burn too much in the early dry season, you won't get carbon credits either."

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Indigenous fire management programs recognised for work to preserve vast Kimberley landscape
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Indigenous fire management programs recognised for work to preserve vast Kimberley landscape

ABC  

In short: The Kimberley Land Council and Dampier Peninsula Fire Working Group have both been recognised for their fire management work preserving the remote WA landscape. The Kimberley Land Council and Dampier Peninsula Fire Working Group have both been recognised for their fire management work preserving the remote WA landscape. KLC's Tyronne Garstone said the tool helped Indigenous ranger groups …

Climate change hampers fire reduction efforts after successful decade in Kimberley
2 years, 2 months ago

Climate change hampers fire reduction efforts after successful decade in Kimberley

ABC  

Experts say climate change is making it more difficult for agencies in Western Australia's Kimberley to continue their success reducing ecologically damaging wildfires. Key points: Fire management forum in East Kimberley hears planned burning has reduced damaging wildfires Experts say climate change is making it harder to conduct crucial fuel reduction burns Scientists continue to evolve the best techniques to …

Wildfires to increase up to 30 per cent by 2050: experts
2 years, 10 months ago

Wildfires to increase up to 30 per cent by 2050: experts

The Hindu  

Exhausted firefighters have been battling blazes in northern Argentina for weeks. "At the same time, climate change is made worse by wildfires, mostly by ravaging sensitive and carbon-rich ecosystems like peatlands and rainforests," said the authors of the report. That destruction — to crops and homes, human health and the natural environment — means wildfires "disproportionately affect the world's poorest …

Australia faces more fires, drought as climate continues to heat
4 years, 1 month ago

Australia faces more fires, drought as climate continues to heat

Al Jazeera  

Country’s weather bureau says higher temperatures and less rainfall creating conditions for more extreme weather events. Australia’s climate is expected become hotter and drier, increasing the risk of drought and extreme weather events such as the bushfires that devastated swathes of southeastern Australia in the last southern hemisphere summer, according to the latest climate report from the country’s weather bureau. …

Bushfire royal commission's final report issues warning to Australia over climate change
4 years, 2 months ago

Bushfire royal commission's final report issues warning to Australia over climate change

ABC  

The bushfire royal commission's final report is a stark warning of a future marked by extreme weather impacts of climate change. "Extreme weather has already become more frequent and intense because of climate change; further global warming over the next 20 to 30 years is inevitable," they say. "The Bushfire Royal Commission has laid out the facts in no uncertain …

Bushfire royal commission looks to the past to show a troubling future
4 years, 7 months ago

Bushfire royal commission looks to the past to show a troubling future

ABC  

Six months ago, Australia was burning. While these predictions are not new, the last bushfire season showed the potential destruction when multiple events happen at once — drought, followed by fire, followed by flood. Worse still, the commission heard even if we do reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, the effect of a warming climate has "partially locked in" future extreme …

Royal commission into bushfire crisis begins hearings with focus on impact of climate change
4 years, 7 months ago

Royal commission into bushfire crisis begins hearings with focus on impact of climate change

ABC  

As the country navigates its way out of the coronavirus crisis, you would be forgiven for feeling like it has been longer than a matter of months since it seemed the biggest issue facing Australia this year would be the fallout from the summer's bushfires. Key points: The royal commission was formed in the wake of the "Black Summer" bushfire …

Australia is burning. The Arctic is melting. Yet Trump keeps gutting climate change regulations.
4 years, 11 months ago

Australia is burning. The Arctic is melting. Yet Trump keeps gutting climate change regulations.

CNN  

CNN — Editor’s Note: A version of this story first published in September 2019. “Once we go beyond key tipping points – the melting of the major ice sheets – there is no going back.” Here’s a look at some of the most consequential climate policy rollbacks: Overhauling a landmark law requiring environmental assessments On January 9, the Trump administration …

A continent on fire: on Australia wildfires
4 years, 11 months ago

A continent on fire: on Australia wildfires

The Hindu  

Australia’s catastrophic fire season that began in August last year is unprecedented, and has caused large scale destruction, mainly in New South Wales and Queensland. In a world set to warm at least half a degree more in coming decades, Australia’s encounters with devastating fires could become more frequent, perhaps even once in eight years, making large parts of the …

Our bushfire history shows politicians could learn a lesson from Indigenous Australia
5 years, 1 month ago

Our bushfire history shows politicians could learn a lesson from Indigenous Australia

ABC  

Flying towards Canberra from Melbourne in January 2003, the Qantas pilot told those of us seated on the starboard side of the jet we'd see something extraordinary if we peered out the window. The evidence is in art Gammage cites explorers and early settlers who commonly remarked how much of Australia looked like a "park", with plenty of grass, open …

Indigenous leaders say Australia's bushfire crisis shows approach to land management failing
5 years, 1 month ago

Indigenous leaders say Australia's bushfire crisis shows approach to land management failing

ABC  

Indigenous leaders, who have been warning about a bushfire crisis for years, are calling for a radical change to how land is managed as Australia faces some of its worst bushfire conditions on record. Key points: Indigenous leaders are calling for a new workforce of 'fire practitioners' to implement traditional burning practices across Australia Traditional burning techniques involve regular, controlled …

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