Wildfires moving unpredictably with flickers as tall as buildings are happening more regularly around the world. As the scale and magnitude of the 2020 Australian summer wildfires still looms large across the national and global psyche, there is a need to reimagine how natural landscapes can be better managed to prepare for similar disasters in the future.
Fighting fire with fire might seem counterintuitive to many people, but Indigenous Australian burning techniques have made a significant difference to wildfire management for centuries, and are now being trialled globally.
The International Savanna Fire Management Initiative was established in 2012 to share the northern Australian traditional fire management techniques around the world. It’s an active network of world leading Indigenous organisations, traditional owners and experts with decades of experience and funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
