Culture, ecology and economy of fire management in North Australian Savannas : rekindling the Wurrk tradition

摘要: This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one world's most flammable landscapes: Australia's tropical savannas, where on average 18% landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre plant and animal diversity Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology Economy Fire Management North Australian Savannas documents remarkable collaboration between Land's traditional landowners scientific community to arrest potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline natural cultural assets region - not by excluding fire, but using it better through restoration control over burning. multi-disciplinary treatment encompasses history use post-settlement changes that altered patterns, personal histories small number people who lived their lives plateau and, critically, deep knowledge how apply care for country. Uniquely, shows such commitment can be deployed conjunction with rigorous formal analysis, advanced technology, new cross-cultural institutions emerging carbon economy build partnerships controlling at scales were, until this demonstration, thought beyond effective intervention.