BellingenNSW<p>Are industrial scale burns incinerating Australian biodiversity?</p><p>"The “industrial” scale burns which are designed to “process landscapes as efficiently as possible” are known to frequently kill – in 2022, Victorian authorities accidentally incinerated several koalas when they set a forest alight, and evidence suggests fires set in Tasmania have killed endangered devils."</p><p>"A complete “rethink” of fire management practices by state authorities" is needed.<br>>><br><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/rare-aussie-bird-under-threat-over-common-tree-practice-catastrophic-061116403.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/rare-aussie-</span><span class="invisible">bird-under-threat-over-common-tree-practice-catastrophic-061116403.html</span></a></p><p>Driscoll, D.A., Macdonald, K.J., Gibson, R.K. et al. Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Nature (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08174-6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-081</span><span class="invisible">74-6</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bushfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/megafires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megafires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PyroConvectiveStorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PyroConvectiveStorms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/incineration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incineration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pileburning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pileburning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlossyBlackCockatoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlossyBlackCockatoos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CulturalBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalBurning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtinctionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a></p>