This seminar was filmed in Sydney Opera House on Sunday 16th February 2020. Session 1 Relief & Response. Session 2 Future Thinking. Watch the broadcast of the seminar here (link to YouTube). From relief and recovery to long-term solutions It’s been a devastating summer, and none of us have been left unaffected. Homes, lives, livelihoods, wildlife […]
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Citizen Science Bushfire Response Project Audit The unprecedented continental scale of the current Australian bushfires is devastating. They have led to the loss of lives, homes, habitats and biodiversity on a huge scale. In this time of extreme loss, we are buoyed by the amazing response of individuals and communities in this time of crisis. […]
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The Fire Centre is looking for a PhD student for a project studying vegetation patterns in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Link to UTas advertisement. The Research Project This project aims to discriminate between competing explanations for vegetation patterns in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area: (a) fire (the legacy of Aboriginal burning), or […]
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In the current bushfire and air quality crisis, AirRater has been made available to users in all states across Australia. This has increased our user base to over 50,000. From the feedback we have received, AirRater has been able to assist many people with planning their activities and managing their health. Please find our just […]
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Written by Chloe Lucas, Christine Eriksen and David Bowman. Australia is in the midst of a bushfire crisis that will affect local communities for years, if not permanently, due to a national crisis of underinsurance. Already more than 1,500 homes have been destroyed – with months still to go in the bushfire season. Compare this to […]
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Our current policy, operational, knowledge-gathering and research capacity is inadequate to deal with such a new, fiery world The fire situation in eastern Australia continues to rapidly escalate. At this stage we cannot predict when this will come to an end, but with losses of lives and property mounting on the south coast of NSW, […]
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Two radio interviews from Dec 2019 are posted here. How should we manage bushfires into the future? Listen here. With bushfires burning across Australia since early spring, the current fire season is re-defining the way Australians think about wildfire. As forests and landscapes burn where they’ve never burnt in European memory, the role of climate […]
Read More As Australia struggles to contain today’s ‘unprecedented’ bushfires, how can we start to prepare for tomorrow? Guest: David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, The University of Tasmania Listen Here Broadcast in ABC Saturday Extra on November 23rd, 2019.
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As koalas suffer in the Australian bushfires, misinformation has spread about their demise. Here’s what we know. AUSTRALIA IS IN the midst of a catastrophic and unprecedented early fire season. As dozens of bushfires rage up the country’s eastern coast, from Sydney to Byron Bay, incinerating houses, forest, and even marshland, one of Australia’s most iconic […]
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Australia is on fire like never before—and this year’s “bushfire” season, which typically peaks in January and February, has barely begun. Driven in part by a severe drought, fires have burned 1.65 million hectares in the state of New South Wales, more than the state’s total in the previous 3 years combined. Six people have […]
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