Professor Noam Levin ( Professor of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) will be presenting this guest seminar. Abstract: Wildfires have been shaping Mediterranean ecosystems for millennia, however, in recent decades their occurrence and impacts have increased in Israel. While almost all wildfires in Israel are related to human activities, changes in fuel availability and climate […]
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ABC Hobart’s Leon Compton speaks with Prof. David Bowman, Director of the Fire Centre, and Sandra Wight, Director of Community Fire Safety at the Tasmania Fire Service about living in a bushfire-prone landscape in the context. Southeastern Tasmania appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change and developing new solutions to landscape management and incorporating new […]
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The open-access journal Fire has announced a special issue focusing on bushfire in Tasmania. Prof. Crystal Holden, Prof. David Bowman and Dr. Rebecca Harris, all members of or contributors to the Fire Centre, are guest editors. The Special Issue focuses on bushfire in Tasmania, its sociopolitical, economic and ecological impacts, its management by the state agencies […]
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