摘要
This paper considers and describes the cool burning techniques long utilized by Australian Indigenous people as a contributor to bushfire mitigation. Indigenous fire management involves lighting the </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">cool</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">”</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> fires in selected areas between March and July, in Australia, during the early dry season. The fires burn gradually, reducing fuel loads and creating fire breaks and not all of the area</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is burnt. Late in the dry season, when the weather is</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> very hot, the method </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">removes fuel for larger fires while maintaining and protecting habitat for mammals</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, reptiles, insects and birds. The management of Indigenous cultural fire offers an Indigenous viewpoint for wider control of fire and cultural fire </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">management is an opportunity for collaborations to encourage Aboriginal empo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">werment with public and private sector organisations. Effective cool burning in contemporary prescribed burning activities can be achieved through imp</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">lementation of good training, strong partnerships, carefully</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> considered on ground practices and appropriate and effective techniques.
This paper considers and describes the cool burning techniques long utilized by Australian Indigenous people as a contributor to bushfire mitigation. Indigenous fire management involves lighting the </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">cool</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">”</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> fires in selected areas between March and July, in Australia, during the early dry season. The fires burn gradually, reducing fuel loads and creating fire breaks and not all of the area</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is burnt. Late in the dry season, when the weather is</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> very hot, the method </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">removes fuel for larger fires while maintaining and protecting habitat for mammals</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, reptiles, insects and birds. The management of Indigenous cultural fire offers an Indigenous viewpoint for wider control of fire and cultural fire </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">management is an opportunity for collaborations to encourage Aboriginal empo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">werment with public and private sector organisations. Effective cool burning in contemporary prescribed burning activities can be achieved through imp</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">lementation of good training, strong partnerships, carefully</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> considered on ground practices and appropriate and effective techniques.
作者
Richard Skiba
Richard Skiba(LRES Training Management, Melbourne, Australia)
