Tasmanian and southeastern Australian landscape change and the effects of burning and grazing histories. This project aims to investigate the land-cover changes on the islands located in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia. Following European colonization, and subsequent cessation of Aboriginal ...
Projects in this research theme will characterise fire regimes of Tasmanian vegetation and contribute to understanding the relationship between climate and disturbance history. Fire regimes are a key organising principle in fire ecology and management; they are multidimensional, characterised by ...
Projects in this research theme will document how Tasmanian plant species recover from different fire severities, intensities, and frequencies. The ability to recover from a fire is a key trait plant species require to survive in fire-prone landscapes. Recent changes in fire regimes, however, hav...
Projects in this research theme will focus on determining the flammability of a spectrum of native and non-native plant species in Tasmania and the potential causes of intraspecies variability, such as seasonal (phenological), ecotypic, and environmental factors. An additional component of this t...
This PhD project will investigate whether, and if so how, online units such as ‘Living with Fire’ have tangible impacts on attitudes and behaviours Education for Sustainability has a critical role to play in helping us navigate the sustainability crisis. However, to do this, sustainab...
Bushfires and Your Health is a short course covering the physical and mental health impacts of bushfires and bushfire smoke, and what you can do to reduce your risk. The course has seven modules covering:
Enrol now for this free online course As the world warms, wildfires are behaving in new, less predictable ways, which present fundamental challenges to our established methods of preventing, fighting and living with fire. And with increasing populations on the wildland-urban interface, we urgentl...
