Greetings Everyone, Below is the details and terms of reference for a Senate inquiry into Bushfires in Australia. This should compliment the gaps that will likely be left in the Royal Commission for the chronic state of the environment due to … [Read more...] about Senate Inquiry into Bushfires
Bushfires
The Mathematics of Connectivity and Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
HUNGARY has produced many outstanding mathematicians and physicists. Perhaps there is a connection with rampant violin playing. One of these was Paul Erdös who was the twentieth century’s most prolific mathematician, with 1475 papers to his … [Read more...] about The Mathematics of Connectivity and Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
Bushfire Royal Commission to Focus on the Politically Possible
EARLIER this year the suffering from the Victorian bushfires, and that video of the fire fighter giving a koala a drink of water in a burnt-out forest, captured the imagination of people around the world. At the time some media outlets blamed … [Read more...] about Bushfire Royal Commission to Focus on the Politically Possible
Wise Men Excluded from Bushfire Royal Commission
WE were all appalled by the death and destruction that was the Victorian bushfires early this year. On Black Saturday nearly 200 people died. The number of koalas incinerated probably runs into the thousands, the number of native birds dead in the … [Read more...] about Wise Men Excluded from Bushfire Royal Commission
Balancing Access with Conservation
Environmentalists on local councils have allowed roadsides to become conservation zones for native vegetation, raising the risk of intense bushfires on access roads and jeopardising residents' safety. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Balancing Access with Conservation
Fire as a Threatening Process: A Note from Roger Underwood
ABOUT two months ago I received a “heads-up” from a mate who works in Canberra that Environment Minister Peter Garratt was considering listing prescribed burning as a threatening process under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act. At … [Read more...] about Fire as a Threatening Process: A Note from Roger Underwood
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
