Cultural burning has enjoyed a strong resurgence in recent years. Now this cool burn technique is being used to ward off disastrous bushfires
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When people first came to Australia 65,000 years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. Then the seas rose, drought and floods came – and still people endured.
Before the colonists came, we managed the land with careful use of cool burns. To stop giant bushfires, we have to learn again how to care for country.
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Acting CEO, North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, Indigenous Knowledge
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Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University