There's only one way to make bushfires less powerful: take out the stuff that burns
- Written by Rod Keenan, Professor, University of Melbourne
Hazard reduction burns reduce bushfire fuel loads, but the current approach is not working.Mick Tsikas/AAP
As monstrous blazes overwhelm Australia’s south-east, the need for a national bushfire policy has never been more urgent. Active land management such as hazard-reduction burning and forest thinning must lie at the core of any such...
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