Burning Issues [OP]: Sustainability and Management of Australia’s Southern Forests - Softcover

Adams, Mark; Attiwill, Peter

9780643094437: Burning Issues [OP]: Sustainability and Management of Australia’s Southern Forests

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0643094431 ISBN 13: 9780643094437

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 2011

Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to tame the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into the middle of this volatile landscape. As this movement has intensified, so has the debate on how to best protect life and property from the ever-present bushfire threat. A long-running drought and a predicted warming climate have ensured that bushfire is a dominant factor in the nation’s long-term planning.

Following the tragic Victorian Black Saturday fires in 2009, a much greater urgency now confronts policy makers, land and fire managers and communities living in bushfire areas. This has led to a call for a single, simple answer on fuel reduction burning to reduce the bushfire risk. Burning Issues explains that this is a complex issue without such a simple answer.

The book gives an account of the role of fire in Australia’s ecosystems, how they have to accept and live with fire, and how they can manage fire both for safety and for diversity. It will change people’s attitudes to fire and will be influential in encouraging changes in land management by government agencies.

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About the Author:

Mark Adams is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney. He has held numerous professorial appointments and distinguished fellowships in Australia and around the world. His teaching and research is focused on understanding Australian ecosystems - the land of drought, fire and flooding rain.
Peter Attiwill is Principal Fellow in Botany and Senior Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne, and Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious international journal Forest Ecology and Management. He has written more than 170 publications, particularly on eucalypt and bushfire ecology. He was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 2009.

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