A science-backed approach to bushfire mitigation is the goal of a joint effort between the University of Tasmania and the City of Hobart, as they study how land management techniques can be converted into measurable science that will inform safer, smarter outcomes for people, wildlife and the environment.
This collaboration between researchers at the University of Tasmania Fire Centre and the City of Hobart’s Fire and Biodiversity Team assesses the impact of on-ground bushfire mitigation techniques through a series of experiments on the bushland reserve near the University’s Sandy Bay campus.
Together, the partners are building a new standard in evidence-based land management.
Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, David Bowman, said the project was the first step in work that he hoped would help to reduce the risk of another 1967 Black Tuesday disaster in Tasmania, or a Los Angeles 2025-style bushfire scenario.
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