A Problem-Solving Pathway to Resolve the Controversy Over Fuel Load, Hazard Reduction Burns, Risk Analysis and Bushfires: A Royal Commission or a Scientific Round-Table?
TAGS: Bushfires; Australia; climate change; hazard reduction; fuel load; window of opportunity; ecology; habitat; threatened species; resilience; scientific round-table; royal commission; conflict resolution 1.0 The 2019-2020 bush fire season in Australia has been one of the worst fire seasons on record. The total area of land burned during the current bushfire season now exceeds 10.7 million hectares (26.4 million acres). 2.0 All Australian mainland States have been impacted. Thousands of homes have been destroyed; 27 people have been killed . There have been significant impacts on native fauna and their habitat. The following issues are reviewed: - (a) Preparedness: Drought Management and Bushfire Hazard Reduction (b) Issues That Contribute to Fuel Load And Hazard Reduction (c) The Wider Application for Resilience in the Australian Environment (d) Climate Change, Fuel Build-up and Bushfires (e) Where to Now: A Royal Commission to Review the Bushfir