Fire | Resources – ANU Sustainable Farms https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/tags/fire/ Supporting sustainable farming to help conserve Australia’s unique biodiversity. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:25:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Fire | Resources – ANU Sustainable Farms https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/tags/fire/ 32 32 Fire in farm landscapes: Keep your fallen timber and dead trees https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/fallen-timber-and-dead-trees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fallen-timber-and-dead-trees Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:41:38 +0000 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/?post_type=resources&p=417 Keeping fallen timber and dead trees in the landscape is one of the best things you can do for biodiversity and landscape health on your farm. 

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]]> Fallen timber and dead trees are essential to healthy, functioning ecosystems. They provide refuge, shelter and resources for plants and animals. This shelter is particularly important for animals during fire and to support ecosystem recovery after fire.

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]]> After fire comes recovery: Life in a farm dam https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/after-fire-comes-recovery-life-in-a-farm-dam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-fire-comes-recovery-life-in-a-farm-dam Tue, 02 Jun 2020 01:45:11 +0000 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/?post_type=resources&p=1114 An inspiring story from a farm near Batlow NSW.

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]]> This farm near Batlow burnt badly in the bushfires of January 2020. Heavy rain followed on the bare, burnt earth, and farmer David Waters was worried that his dam – and the family of platypus that lived there – would suffer. But the vegetation around the dam helped protect it from erosion and sediment, so it is once again a refuge for wildlife.

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]]> Webinar: Biodiversity recovery after bushfire https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/webinar-bushfire-recovery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webinar-bushfire-recovery Fri, 22 May 2020 01:21:37 +0000 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/?post_type=resources&p=1995 Join Professor David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University and Sustainable Farms ecologist Dr Mason Crane for a webinar to learn about biodiversity recovery after bushfire.

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]]> Episode Nine: Farm planning for better biodiversity and reduced fire risk https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/episode-nine-farm-planning-for-better-biodiversity-and-reduced-fire-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-nine-farm-planning-for-better-biodiversity-and-reduced-fire-risk Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:13:15 +0000 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/?post_type=resources&p=451 In our second podcast on fire in farm landscapes, Sustainable Farms Ecology Research Director Professor David Lindenmayer explains that managing farms for biodiversity doesn't necessarily mean increasing fire risk.

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]]> There are clever ways to plan the layout of vegetation on farms so that biodiversity and productivity go up, fire risk goes down, and the farm ecosystem is protected.

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]]> Episode Eight: After fire comes recovery – a message of hope https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/resources/episode-eight-after-fire-comes-recovery-a-message-of-hope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-eight-after-fire-comes-recovery-a-message-of-hope Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:12:08 +0000 https://www.sustainablefarms.org.au/?post_type=resources&p=449 Summer 2019-2020 brought unprecedented bushfire conditions to south-eastern Australia, with millions of hectares burnt so far this fire season.

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]]> But there is cause for hope: in this podcast, Sustainable Farms Ecology Research Director Professor David Lindenmayer explains the ways in which woodland recovers as well as some of the ways farmers can support landscape and wildlife recovery on their properties. Hosted by Gordon Taylor.

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