fire regimes
Case Study: CFI project approved for Fish River Station
By Peter Clifton, Northern Territory Regional Landcare Facilitator
From the LandcareNT blog, posted Friday, 02/11/2012
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The Clean Energy Regulator has approved a savanna burning regime at Fish River under the Carbon Farming Initiative. The methodology reduces total...Fish River's savanna burning project will be the first Indigenous project to earn carbon credits. Links to online information about identification, issues and management.
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This blog, published by Northern Territory Landcare, aims to engage with land managers and promote discussion about sustainable management practices. It is a platform for landholders to: read about sustainable practices developed locally; have their say by providing comment and counter-comment; and to document their experiences for others to learn from.
ABC Rural Feature: Carbon farming rewards bad land management, says Indigenous ranger group
The savanna burning methodology to create carbon credits was developed in the Territory and promised to help Indigenous people in particular generate an income. But one Indigenous ranger group is now questioning whether the method punishes people who already have good fire management plans in place. (Tuesday, 3/7/2012)
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ECOS article: Managing buffel grass benefits native animals and fire regimes
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ECOS article: Limits to managing the landscape with fire
An article outlining some research into fire management in Australia and the attempts to control fire regimes with controlled burning.
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CSIRO Publishing: Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World
Bradstock, RA et. al (eds) (2012) Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, CSIRO Publishing
Leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance of Australia’s highly diverse plants and animals.
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Fire and the Carpentarian Grasswren
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Research about the influence of fire on the Carpentarian Grasswren. It covers issues such as why the Carpentarian Grasswren is under threat, how fire affects the Carpentarian Grasswren, the current status of the species, its preferred habitat, and what's being done to protect the species.
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Savanna Burning - Fire seasons, fuel and behaviour in north Australia
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Extract from <i>Savanna Burning</i> decribing how fire regimes are influenced by the weather and available fuel, as well as the behaviour of fires in northern Australia.
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Arnhem Land Landscapes
By John Woinarski, Parks & Wildlife Commission of the NT
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Buffel grass and fire in a Gidgee and Brigalow woodland: A case study from central Queensland
Butler D.W. and Fairfax R.J. (2003) Buffel grass and fire in a Gidgee and Brigalow woodland: A case study from central Queensland Ecological Management and Restoration 4, 120-125.
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.This is a link to the Blackwell Publishing website. A PDF of the article by Butler et al. is available at a cost if you are not a subscriber to the journal Ecological Management and Restoration.
The Impact of fire on Buffel Grass
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This identification guide, on the Weeds Australia Web Site, includes photos, a description of the plant, notes on its distinguishing features and its dispersal ability, and a map of its current and potential distribution
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This profile includes information about the ecology, distribution, management and impacts of Buffel Grass
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Article from "The Age" Newspaper
