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The transition from pre- to post-colonial fuel structure in southeastern Australian forests, according to results presented in publication in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Mariani et al., 2022). Pre-colonial - frequent cool burns - low shrub cover - rare canopy fires Post-Colonial - Disruption of cultural burns - Shrubs replace grasses - More Fuel build-up Today - Climate Change - High Fuel Connectivity - Severe, intense Wildfires

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The transition from pre- to post-colonial fuel structure in southeastern Australian forests, according to results presented in publication in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Mariani et al., 2022). Pre-colonial - frequent cool burns - low shrub cover - rare canopy fires Post-Colonial - Disruption of cultural burns - Shrubs replace grasses - More Fuel build-up Today - Climate Change - High Fuel Connectivity - Severe, intense Wildfires
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Peter Riley (peterjriley2024@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 09:35:59 JST Peter Riley

Cultural Burning https://theconversation.com/before-the-colonists-came-we-burned-small-and-burned-often-to-avoid-big-fires-its-time-to-relearn-cultural-burning-201475
British colonisation’s fire hazard legacy
https://theconversation.com/world-first-research-confirms-australias-forests-became-catastrophic-fire-risk-after-british-invasion-176563
#firstnations #coolburns #colonialism
#climatechange #wildfires

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