Vegetation, Fire & Restoration Ecology | Photography | #goodfire | @andybaker.bsky.social
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Dr Andy Baker retweeted
Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation - "Managing wildfires to safely burn under low and moderate conditions is thus a critical tool to address the growing wildfire crisis."
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Rainforest response to glacial terminations before and after human arrival in Lutruwita (Tasmania) by @SarahCooleyGeo
Palawa burning kept Country open, suppressing rainforest expansion in what is supposedly a "wilderness" area today!
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Are you a First Nations person keen to start your Cultural Fire journey? Expressions of Interest for the 2024/25 Cultural Fire Mentoring Program in the Greater Sydney region are only open for five more days! Apply here before Sun, Dec 17 👉🏿 ow.ly/aI5j50Q89bF
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Southern Yuin crew led a fauna monitoring workshop in the Biamanga cultural landscape impacted by the recent Coolagolite wildfire. Trail cameras allow us to understand how native fauna respond to high-intensity wildfires compared to #culturalburns. 🔥 Support from @nswenviromedia
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Super important new paper on fate of #savannas after agricultural disturbance. Not good news.
⭐️New Pub!⭐️In our new #OpenAccess paper in @BritishEcolSoc @JEcology, we show that agricultural conversion & afforestation of old-growth savannas in India destroy & degrade native plant communities that do not spontaneously recover on fallowed land. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi… 1/n
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📢 We are looking for individuals or organisations to support the co-development of the #Firesticks #ImpactFramework & assist us in telling our stories of success & building on strengths. Submit EOI here ow.ly/nnju50Q88An by the 24 Nov or contact [email protected]
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Government agencies are overwhelmed by... a plan to treat 400,000ac/yr with beneficial fire ... If we can get buy-in from landowners, organizations and local communities around Indigenous knowledge and expertise of fire, that’s where we’ll see scaling up universityofcalifornia.edu/n…
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@NWFireScience is excited to announce a new synthesis: Indigenous Fire Stewardship For Fire Mgmt & Ecol Restoration In PNW. It's a systemic review of themes in this literature including social, ecol & policy aspects of IFS + a 66-article annotated biblio.
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Interested in how fire affects biodiversity? 🔥🐦🦇🐝🌿
We have a new paper synthesizing work and building a framework for future research and application focused on the hypothesis that "Pyrodiversity begets biodiversity"
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We got some great national coverage of the epic fires in central Australia onABC @RadioNational this afternoon. A great piece highlighting the both the scale of these fires and in critical role of indigenous rangers in their control.@cdu_ni @IDA_Australia abc.net.au/listen/programs/p…
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'Wilderness' is such a problematic concept on a continent where First Nations people have managed country for many thousands of years.
This is an interesting dive into the issue of introducing prescribed fire & cultural burning into wilderness zones.
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Our new @NatureClimate paper shows where and why fire changes soil carbon and demonstrates sensitivity rises with aridity. The carbon sequestration potential in savanna soils speaks to the need for their preservation, and not their replacement by forests. nature.com/articles/s41558-0…
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#Culturalburning is making headlines, too deadly! 🔥 Read about our work with #Dharug and #Gundungurra communities to support the relearning of #CulturalFire practices 👉🏿 ow.ly/Y2Yz50PURkF @GreatSydLand @lls_sydney @NSWRFS @CVAustralia @nswenviromedia
Dr Andy Baker retweeted
People, orgs, governments, industries... we all love the idea of planting trees: it's easily quantifiable, and makes us feel we're doing good.
The truth?
Very often it's the exact opposite. Natural regen is FAR better, + should *always* be first choice.
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Exciting findings in #AustralEcology! 🦎 New research on the Alpine She-Oak Skink reveals expanded distribution and resilience to fire and grazing disturbances. Read more: bit.ly/3r8c6O4 @ReneeCHartley #Conservation #Wildlife @EcolSocAus @WileyEcolEvol
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In July, Dharug Traditional Owners returned #CulturalFire to Londonderry Woodlands Reserve, Burubiranggal Dharug Country, continuing last year's 1st #CulturalBurn in this part of Dharug Ngurra for 200 years or more 🔥 @GreatSydLand @lls_sydney @NSWRFS @CVAustralia @nswenviromedia
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Want to have real impact on biodiversity conservation on Indigenous lands, using ‘right-way science’? We are seeking a PhD student to work on desert fire management, with Sarah Legge, @MolEcol_Darwin, @EnviroKimberley. Funded by @arc_gov_au nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2023/200…
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Putting out fire with fire is not only a current #wildfire fighting tactic but a long-held land stewardship tool. Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice has many benefits, incl. smoke management. @Pyrogeographer @ChristiansonAmy @CostelloOli End🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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High‐severity fire drives persistent floristic homogenization in human‐altered forests - Weeks - 2023 - Ecosphere - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Our planet is burning in unexpected ways - here’s how we can protect people and nature theconversation.com/our-plan… via @ConversationEDU