@article{ref1,
title="Challenges for prescribed fire management in Australia's fire-prone rangelands - the example of the Northern Territory",
journal="International journal of wildland fire",
year="2020",
author="Russell-Smith, Jeremy and Edwards, Andrew C. and Sangha, Kamaljit K. and Yates, Cameron P. and Gardener, Mark R.",
volume="29",
number="5",
pages="339-353",
abstract="Northern Australia comprises by far the most fire-prone-half of a fiery continent, where fire frequencies range from annual in the tropical savannas to periodic very-extensive fire events following above-rainfall conditions in the central Australian rangelands. As illustration of the challenges facing effective fire management in Australia's 5.7 × 106 km2 rangelands, we examine the status of contemporary prescribed burning activities in the Northern Territory, a 1.4 × 106 km2, very sparsely settled (0.18 persons km−2) jurisdiction characterised by vast flammable landscapes, few barriers to fire-spread, predominantly anthropogenic ignitions, and limited institutional resources and capacity. Unsurprisingly, prescribed-fire management is shown to be restricted to specific locales. For more effective, landscape-scale fire management, potential solutions include engagement with dispersed remote communities and incorporation of Indigenous Ranger Groups into the fire-management network, and building on the success of savanna-burning greenhouse gas emission projects as an example for incentivising landscape fire and emergency management services generally. Recently, significant steps have been taken towards implementing formal regional fire-management planning processes involving inclusive community-stakeholder engagement, and the setting of clearly defined time-constrained objectives and targets.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-8001",
doi="10.1071/WF18127",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF18127"
}