Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back

By Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Braithan Bell-Garner, Ngunnawal Man, Indigenous Knowledge
David Lindenmayer, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Dean Freeman, Senior Officer (Cultural Burning), Riverina Local Land Services, Indigenous Knowledge
Geoff Cary, Professor, Bushfire Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University

New research shows how Western science can support cultural burning to deliver benefits across cultures – as well as for nature.

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