Fire is an essential value across most of Australia’s biocultural landscapes. Many Australian ecosystems are fire-adapted, requiring the presence of healthy fire regimes to renew and regenerate. Interest in and restoration of cultural fire across our landscapes has seen a significant resurgence with the rise of savanna fire methods for carbon farming and in the wake of the 2019-20 wildfires. Yet the exclusion of appropriate fire regimes, along with climate change, has helped increase the risk of dangerous wildfire, threatening biodiversity and biocultural values.
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