International Savanna Fire Management Initiative

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Australia Africa Search to Manage Climate Future

Southern African Regional Fire Workshop participants. Photo: ISFMI

ISFMI United Nations University. 2015. Australia and Africa Search Pre-colonial Past to Manage Climate Future. Our World UNU. Tokyo, Japan.

In an article in the United Nations University’s OurWorld 2.0 web magazine the International Savanna Fire Management Initiative describes the benefits of new innovative methods of land management developed in northern Australia, combining traditional aboriginal knowledge with contemporary landscape management techniques, are tapping into carbon abatement funding to bring back traditional management. These methods were shared with land managers from several Southern African nations during various meetings held in Namibia.

Read “Australia and Africa Search Pre-colonial Past to Manage Climate Future” article in UNU’s OurWorld 2.0 web magazine.