DEBATE about the value of prescribed burning has followed a study published by Australia National University and Curtin University which called the practice “grounded in simplistic models”; Forestry Australia disputed the claims, saying cool burning was “based on decades of on-ground research and lived experience”. Photo: SUPPLIED.
Lloyd Ilett
FORESTRY Australia (FA) has criticised a recent report released by Australia National University (ANU) and Curtin University (CU) that claimed logging and prescribed burning of forests can make them more flammable.
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