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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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