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Están quemando el desierto en Australia para evitar que se propaguen incendios destructivos
Aunque todavía es invierno, la temporada de incendios ya ha comenzado en el árido centro de Australia. Aproximadamente la mitad del Parque Nacional Tjoritja West MacDonnell, al oeste de Alice Springs, se ha quemado este año. La propagación de la hierba Cenchrus ciliaris se considera un factor clave. Esta planta invasora ha sido clasificada como la mayor amenaza medioambiental para las culturas y comunidades indígenas australianas debido al daño que puede causar al desierto.
Los guardabosques están quemando el desierto en Australia para evitar que se propaguen incendios intensos y destructivos
Aunque todavía es invierno, la temporada de incendios ya ha comenzado en el árido centro de Australia. Aproximadamente la mitad del Parque Nacional Tjoritja West MacDonnell, al oeste de Alice Springs, se ha quemado este año. La propagación de la hierba Cenchrus ciliaris se considera un factor clave. Esta planta invasora ha sido clasificada como la mayor amenaza medioambiental para las culturas y comunidades indígenas australianas debido al daño que puede causar al desierto.
Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023
It may come as a surprise to hear 2023 was Australia's biggest bushfire season in more than a decade. Fires burned across an area eight times as big as the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires that tore through 10 million hectares in southeast Australia. My research shows the 2023 fires burned more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. This is larger than the whole of New South Wales, or more than three times the size of the United Kingdom.
Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023
By Rohan Fisher, Information Technology for Development Researcher, Charles Darwin University The 2023 megafires burnt more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. That’s larger than the whole of NSW, or more than three times size of the UK. Read complete article © The Conversation -
Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023
It may come as a surprise to hear 2023 was Australia’s biggest bushfire season in more than a decade. Fires burned across an area eight times as big as the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires that tore through 10 million hectares in southeast Australia. My research shows the 2023 fires burned more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. This is larger than the whole of New South Wales, or more than three times the size of the United Kingdom.
Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way-to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging
Even though it's still winter, the fire season has already started in Australia's arid center. About half of the Tjoritja West MacDonnell National Park west of Alice Springs has burnt this year. The spread of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) has been seen as a key factor. This invasive grass has been ranked the highest environmental threat to Indigenous cultures and communities because of the damage it can do to desert Country.
Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way - to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging Original
Even though it’s still winter, the fire season has already started in Australia’s arid centre. About half of the Tjoritja West MacDonnell National Park west of Alice Springs has burnt this year. The spread of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) has been seen as a key factor. This invasive grass has been ranked the highest environmental threat to Indigenous cultures and communities because of the damage it can do to desert Country.
‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs
Right now, hundreds of bushfires are burning across northern Australia. But this is not a wildfire catastrophe – in fact, these burns are making things safer in one of the most fire-prone landscapes in the world. From April to June each year, fire managers – such as Traditional Owners, park rangers and pastoralists – aim to create small, “cool” fires with care and precision to reduce fuel loads before conditions get severe later in the dry season.
We are professional fire watchers, and we're astounded by the scale of fires in remote Australia right now
While southern Australia experienced a wet winter and a soggy spring, northern Australia has seen the opposite. Extreme fire weather in October and November led to bushfires across 120,000 square kilometres of southern savanna regions. Significant fires continue to burn in the Kimberley, the Top End, Cape York and the northern deserts.
We are professional fire watchers, and we're astounded by the scale of fires in remote Australia right now
Credit: Shutterstock While southern Australia experienced a wet winter and a soggy spring, northern Australia has seen the opposite. Extreme fire weather in October and November led to bushfires across 120,000 square kilometers of southern savanna regions. Significant fires continue to burn in the Kimberley, the Top End, Cape York and the northern deserts.
We are professional fire watchers, and we're astounded by the scale of fires in remote Australia right now
While southern Australia experienced a wet winter and a soggy spring, northern Australia has seen the opposite. Extreme fire weather in October and November led to bushfires across 120,000 square kilometres of southern savanna regions. Significant fires continue to burn in the Kimberley, the Top End, Cape York and the northern deserts.
The World's Best Fire Management System is in Northern Australia, and it's Led by Indigenous Land Managers
By Rohan Fisher, Jon Altman, originally published by The Conversation March 10, 2020 The tropical savannas of northern Australia are among the most fire-prone regions in the world. On average, they account for 70% of the area affected by fire each year in Australia. But effective fire management over the past 20 years has reduced the annual average area burned – an area larger than Tasmania.
The world's best fire management system is in northern Australia, and it's led by Indigenous land managers
The tropical savannas of northern Australia are among the most fire-prone regions in the world. On average, they account for 70% of the area affected by fire each year in Australia. But effective fire management over the past 20 years has reduced the annual average area burned – an area larger than Tasmania. The extent of this achievement is staggering, almost incomprehensible in a southern Australia context after the summer’s devastating bushfires.
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