Black Summer bushfires: new research shows Indigenous cultural burning won't stop megafires

Andrew Messenger
July 26 2021 - 8:00am
TO A CRISP: Two people died in the New England North West in the region's worst-ever fire season. Traditional Indigenous "patch" burning wouldn't have helped, according to new research. Photo: Andrew Messenger
TO A CRISP: Two people died in the New England North West in the region's worst-ever fire season. Traditional Indigenous "patch" burning wouldn't have helped, according to new research. Photo: Andrew Messenger

Traditional Indigenous fire management practices are not the silver bullet against megafires like those which devastated eastern Australia in 2019 and 2020, according to new fire ecology research.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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