How vegetation responds to high intensity bushfires

A ten year study of the effects of the 2003 Canberra bushfires on vegetation in the Brindabella ranges has found that the Australian bush is more resilient than was thought.

Darwin: Berrimah, NT (Darwin laboratory)

The CSIRO Darwin laboratory provides a focus for ecological and socioeconomic research underpinning sustainable land management in northern Australia. It is also home to a CSIRO Science Education Centre.

Dr Kelly Scheepers: natural resource management and sustainable Indigenous livelihoods

With a background in community-based natural resource management, Dr Kelly Scheepers is investigating whether contemporary natural resource management models meet Indigenous aspirations for broader livelihood goals.

Ms Jodie Hayward: investigating invertebrate ecology in Top End savannas

Ms Jodie Hayward contributes to research projects involving invertebrate biodiversity, primarily with ant identification. She also engages in Indigenous natural Resource Management.

Dr Garry Cook: tropical savanna ecology and management

Dr Garry Cook is a savanna ecologist with interests in soil and landscape processes, fire ecology and vegetation dynamics.

Bushfires

CSIRO bushfire research is improving the understanding of fire, and improving technologies and strategies to save lives and limit damage. Australian scientists are developing reliable tools for predicting bushfire behaviour to save lives and limit damage.

CSIRO Pyrotron: A National Bushfire Research Facility

A national research facility testing combustion and spread of bushfires to improve fire safety and fire-fighting for Australian communities.

The Bushfire CRC: understanding bushfires through collaboration

The bushfire research program at CSIRO is part of a large-scale collaborative effort.

Land management for emissions offsets on Indigenous lands

This 70-page CSIRO report assessed the potential value of land management practices that can sequester carbon or change emissions regimes on indigenous lands.

Dr Alan Andersen: uncovering the secrets of ant diversity

Dr Alan Andersen is a Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Darwin, where he studies ant community ecology, the use of ants and other invertebrates as indicators of ecosystem health, and fire ecology and management in tropical savannas.

Bushfire in Australia

Bushfire has been part of the Australian landscape for millions of years but while we consider it a threat, some of our flora and fauna depend upon it.

Kate de Koning: interaction of frequent fire with vegetation, carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions in northern Australia.

Kate de Koning is a Technical Assistant with CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences in Darwin, Northern Territory

Tiwi Carbon Study: managing fire for Greenhouse gas abatement

Tiwi Islanders and CSIRO are working together to examine the biophysical and economic potential of fire management for Greenhouse gas abatement on the Tiwi Islands, as a basis for possible livelihood opportunities for Tiwi people.

Aboriginal wetland burning in Kakadu

Indigenous CSIRO research officers Peter Christophersen and Sandra McGregor combined traditional fire management knowledge with scientific skills to revive wetland habitats in Kakadu National Park.

The burning issue of wood heater pollution (Podcast 24 Aug 2011)

Emissions from domestic wood-fired heaters in southern Tasmania's Huon Valley dwarf emissions from forest regeneration burns, according to a new CSIRO study. (7:35)

OzClim - Climate Scenario Generator

Exploring climate change scenarios for Australia

Burning down the house (a trial by fire) (Podcast 03 May 2010)

CSIRO scientists have 'flame-tested' a steel-framed house near Mogo on the New South Wales south coast to see how the structure would stand up to realistic bushfire conditions. (4:49)

Protecting your home from bushfire (Podcast 27 Sep 2006)

In this interview, Mr Justin Leonard discusses ways you can prepare your home against bushfires. (7:44)

Fire, fragmentation and conservation in the western wheat belt

Researchers with CSIRO and Western Australia’s Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) are studying the impact of fire and fragmentation on regional plant diversity.

Q&A: Victorian bushfires

Your questions answered by CSIRO scientists, drawing on internationally respected bushfire, climate and urban development research.

Project Vesta – Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest: fuel structure, fuel dynamics and fire behaviour

Project Vesta - Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest: fuel structure, dynamics and fire behaviour presents the aims, findings and outcomes of Australia’s most recent and significant study of forest fire behaviour.

Understanding bushfire behaviour

Bushfire experts have teamed together to provide vital information on predicting the behaviour and management of bushfires.

Field Guide: Fuel Assessment and Fire Behaviour Prediction in Dry Eucalypt Forest

Based on the results of a decade of research, Field Guide: Fuel Assessment and Fire Behaviour Prediction in Dry Eucalypt Forest provides fire authorities with a systematic method for assessing fuel hazard and predicting potential fire behaviour in dry eucalypt forest.

Community monitoring of urban bushfire management

We are working with selected Community Fire Units to find ways for communities to measure the effectiveness of their bushfire risk management.

Understanding bushfire behaviour to save lives

Although bushfires are notoriously unpredictable, CSIRO scientists have the ability to develop reliable tools for predicting fire behaviour which may save lives and help to limit damage.