18/02/2022

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Australian fires: Indigenous peoples were experts; British colonialists got it wrong

Long before British invasion of southeast Australia in 1788, Indigenous people managed Australia’s flammable vegetation with “cultural burning” practices. These involved frequent, low-intensity fires which led to a fine-grained vegetation mosaic comprising grassy areas and scattered trees. World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British Invasion…  The Conversation this week reveals its research Australia’s forests now carry far more flammable fuel than before British invasion, research by The Conversation shows, revealing the catastrophic risk created by non-Indigenous bushfire...

Endangered birds – mostly bad, but some good news

An update from Birdlife about IUCN RED LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES In December: Asia’s big forest birds bear the brunt of hunting and habitat loss, while the heat is on for species on the front line of climate chaos. Meanwhile, rousing recoveries show us the way forward in this year’s Red List update. Now : BirdLife has released its yearly update to birds on the IUCN Red List of threatened species: the result of months of hard work from our science...