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Fire as a management tool

Tasmania's Forest

The burning of Tasmania

 

Vica Bayley

FORESTRY’S CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTION VISIBLE FOR ALL TO SEE AND BREATHE

“Action to preserve the remaining areas of natural forest is urgent.”

Sir Nicholas Stern - STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate Change

Macropod grazing more important than fire for biomass reduction

Liz Donoghue asserts that there has been an over-emphasis on fire as a management tool for biomass reduction in native grasslands. She cites experience with a plains grassy woodlands west of the Brisbane Ranges where the diversity of herbaceous species in the grassland seems to be maintained not by fire but by grazing by Kangaroos. (see the November edition of Indigenotes for more details) What do you think? Do you have evidence one way or another? Have your say, make a comment by clicking below (you must be logged in however to make a comment).

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