http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/australias-burned-desert-more-biodiverse/ Research news from leading universities Mon, 20 May 2013 01:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/australias-burned-desert-more-biodiverse/comment-page-1/#comment-12512 Rob Tue, 11 May 2010 20:10:26 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=12123#comment-12512 This is true in North America as well, where prairie and forest fires were set by both man and nature for ten thousand years or more, until the last 80 years, when the "Smokey the Bear" campaign really flourished and we were all taught that fire is bad. As a result, fuel build-up and fire susceptible species have spread, both raising the risk of catastrophic fires when they do occur (see the headlines in California every summer). This didn't used to happen, and with proper fire managment doesn't need to happen. This is true in North America as well, where prairie and forest fires were set by both man and nature for ten thousand years or more, until the last 80 years, when the “Smokey the Bear” campaign really flourished and we were all taught that fire is bad. As a result, fuel build-up and fire susceptible species have spread, both raising the risk of catastrophic fires when they do occur (see the headlines in California every summer). This didn’t used to happen, and with proper fire managment doesn’t need to happen.

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