Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia, study finds

Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia, study finds

Ancient cultural burning practices carried out by Indigenous Australians limited fuel availability and prevented high intensity fires in southeastern Australia for thousands of years, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Nottingham. The research, published in Science, highlights how the intensity of forest fires in fire-prone southeastern Australia … Read more