Many Australians understandably see fire only as a danger, based on collective experiences of devastating bushfires.

But if used in the right way, fire can also be a tool that benefits the landscape and reduces the impact of bushfires themselves.

That’s why ANU ecologists and a cohort of New South Wales Local Aboriginal Land Councils are joining together on a project to re-introduce cultural burning in box-gum grassy woodlands and to monitor the environmental outcomes of the burns.

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Acknowledgement of Country

This video includes footage from Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri Country.

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri communities as the Traditional Custodians of these lands, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

This is a joint project between:

ANU, NSW LLS and Onerwal, Young and Wagga Wagga Local Aboriginal Land Councils, with management support from ANU Enterprise.

The project was funded by the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF). The DRRF is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments.

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