Apply Indigenous fire management principles

Cultural burning is a proven method of controlling bush fires and land management. Governments need to put aside their stubborn ways of doing business and start to embed First Nations' knowledge.

New Research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning.

The report notes, that cultural burning reduces the risk of bushfires, supports habitat and improves Indigenous wellbeing. And yet, the report finds:

“with significant funding gaps, tenure impediments and policy barriers, Indigenous cultural burning remains underused – it is currently applied over less than 1% of the land area of Australia’s south‐eastern states and territory.”

https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/why-institutional-fire-management-is-inferior-to-cultural-burning/