An early season prescribed burn near Darwin. Photo: Nathan Maddock, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Hazard Note 46 covers research that is increasing the accuracy of fire severity mapping across northern Australia, leading to better land management outcomes.
This research compares past and present fire regimes across the north to better understand the effects of various fire management practices. A new approach is under development incorporating actual fire effect, rather than fire seasonality, to provide land managers with the ability to better monitor their fire management and evaluate its effects, including carbon emissions abatement, across 70% of Australia.