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How wildfires work (How Stuff Works, USA)
Provides an introduction to wildfires.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.htm
Natural hazards – bushfire (Geoscience Australia)
Includes information on what bushfires are, their causes and locations.
http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/
How fires affect biodiversity (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australia)
Presents examples of how fires affected plant and animal species in Australia.
http://www.anbg.gov.au/fire_ecology/fire-and-biodiversity.html
The passage of fire (Australian plants online)
Looks at the effects of the bushfire in the upper Blue Mountains on a range of plant species.
http://asgap.org.au/APOL24/dec01-5.html
Fire ecology (Parks Victoria Education, Australia)
Provides information on the adaptations of plants to bushfires.
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/education/pdf/Fire_Ecology.PDF
Department of Sustainability and Environment Victoria (Australia)
- Mountain Ash
Provides an information sheet about the Mountain Ash trees and forests.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfor.nsf/93a98744f6ec41bd4a256c8e00013aa9/fe8d0550e3a510b34a256dea0014eb09/$FILE/mountain%20ash.pdf
- Fire management research publications
Supplies a list of research reports related to fire management.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf/childdocs/-A33AA7D81F96F3114A2567CB000DB43A-7A0CAAF98BF26919CA256DAC0016A43F?open
Savannah Explorer (Australia)
Fire ecology and management in northern Australia (Tropical Savannas CRC and Bushfire CRC)
Fire management: Fire, flora and fauna (Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania, Australia)
Provides information on the effects of fires on flora and fauna.
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/factsheets/fire_management/Fire.pdf
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Bushfire origins lie in Indian Ocean (News in Science, 25 March 2009)
Links the Indian Ocean Dipole to the risk of bushfires in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/03/25/2525580.htm
- Australians ‘unprepared’ for fire’s fury (News in Science, 9 February 2009)
Comments on the need for people in bushfire zones to be educated and prepared for fires.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/02/09/2486355.htm
- Flee early or stand your ground: Expert (News in Science, 10 February 2009)
Discusses the ‘flee early or fight’ rule for surviving bushfires after the 2009 fires claimed over 200 lives in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/02/10/2487122.htm
The Nature Conservancy (USA)
- About fire
Provides a general introduction to the role of fire in ecosystems.
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/fire/about/art22326.html
- Integrated fire management
Describes the integrated fire management framework.
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/fire/strategies/art18357.html
Fire ecology (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada)
Provides information on the relationship between fires, the environment and living organisms.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165767.html#Fire_Ecology
Fire ecology and management (CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Australia)
Contains information on the research projects conducted at the research centre.
http://www.terc.csiro.au/research.asp?Program=fire
Fire management (Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia)
Contains information on fire management principles and their applications.
http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/2252/1080/
Living in a land of fire (Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia)
Provides a series of integrative commentaries on fire.
http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2006/publications/integrative/fire/index.html
Fire note (Bushfire CRC, Australia)
Contains a number of articles which provide background information on issues related to fires.
http://www.bushfirecrc.com/publications/fire_note.html
Understanding bushfire behaviour (CSIRO, Australia)
Provides an outline to research on understanding bushfire behaviour.
http://www.csiro.au/science/Vesta.html
Rural Fire Service (Department of Emergency Services, Queensland Government, Australia)
- Bushfire safety: Risk management framework
Contains a list of links related to the risk management framework.
http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/Bushfire_Safety/
- Building in bushfire prone areas
Provides information for protecting buildings in bushfire prone areas.
http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/Bushfire%5FSafety/Building%5Fin%5FBushfire%5FProne%5FAreas/
- Safety in the home
Contains information on precautions to prepare households for bushfires.
http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/Bushfire_Safety/Safety_in_the_Home.html
NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales Government, Australia)
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