‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs
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par Rohan Fisher, Information Technology for Development Researcher, Charles Darwin University
Peter Jacklyn, NAFI Service Manager and Knowledge and Adoption Coordinator, Charles Darwin University
Right now, hundreds of bushfires are burning across northern Australia. But this is not a wildfire catastrophe – in fact, these burns are making things safer in one of the most fire-prone landscapes in the world.
From April to June each year, fire managers – such as Traditional Owners, park rangers and pastoralists – aim to create small, “cool” fires with care and precision to reduce fuel loads before conditions get severe later in the dry season. This work, “painting” landscapes with fire, is constantly informed by satellite data.
The combination of space technology with…
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dimanche 21 mai 2023
