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Browse our database to learn more about all aspects of Indigenous Fire Management. Search by topic or region or browse by year. Includes various articles, reports, external links and multimedia publications.

Featured Publications

Featured Publications
UNESCO - Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge of fire: case studies from the Guiana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
UNESCO - Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge of fire: case studies from the Guiana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
Wildfires & Asbestos Exposure Risk
Health, Wildfire, North America
Wildfires & Asbestos Exposure Risk
Health, Wildfire, North America
Health, Wildfire, North America
Nature.com Scientific Reports on Characterization of global wildfire burned area spatiotemporal patterns and underlying climatic causes
Climate Change, Burned Area
Nature.com Scientific Reports on Characterization of global wildfire burned area spatiotemporal patterns and underlying climatic causes
Climate Change, Burned Area
Climate Change, Burned Area
NEW Indigenous Carbon Project Guide Launched by Australia’s ICIN
Australia, Carbon Business, Indigenous Fire Management
NEW Indigenous Carbon Project Guide Launched by Australia’s ICIN
Australia, Carbon Business, Indigenous Fire Management
Australia, Carbon Business, Indigenous Fire Management
‘Dramatic’ rise in wildfire smoke triggers decline in US air quality for millions
North America, Air Quality, WIldfire, Health
‘Dramatic’ rise in wildfire smoke triggers decline in US air quality for millions
North America, Air Quality, WIldfire, Health
North America, Air Quality, WIldfire, Health
Major UNEP Report Released Finding Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050 and Involve Even More Countries
Report, Wildfire, Climate Change, Biodiversity
Major UNEP Report Released Finding Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050 and Involve Even More Countries
Report, Wildfire, Climate Change, Biodiversity
Report, Wildfire, Climate Change, Biodiversity
British Colonisation of Australia 250 years ago to Blame for Recent Wildfires
Australia, Colonisation, Indigenous Fire Management, Fire Management, Wildfire, Journal Article, News Article
British Colonisation of Australia 250 years ago to Blame for Recent Wildfires
Australia, Colonisation, Indigenous Fire Management, Fire Management, Wildfire, Journal Article, News Article
Australia, Colonisation, Indigenous Fire Management, Fire Management, Wildfire, Journal Article, News Article
Noise, Blazes and Mismatches - UNEP Frontiers 2022 on Identifies Wildfire as Emerging Issue of Environmental Concern
UNEP, Wildfire, Global Trends
Noise, Blazes and Mismatches - UNEP Frontiers 2022 on Identifies Wildfire as Emerging Issue of Environmental Concern
UNEP, Wildfire, Global Trends
UNEP, Wildfire, Global Trends
Measuring Fire Intensity through Remote Sensing in the Savanna Landscapes of West Africa
Journal Article, Fire Intensity, Africa
Measuring Fire Intensity through Remote Sensing in the Savanna Landscapes of West Africa
Journal Article, Fire Intensity, Africa
Journal Article, Fire Intensity, Africa
Issue of 360Info on Wildfire explores Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and the Pyrocene
Wildfire, Indigenous Knowledge, Article
Issue of 360Info on Wildfire explores Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and the Pyrocene
Wildfire, Indigenous Knowledge, Article
Wildfire, Indigenous Knowledge, Article
Study shows Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities receive only small share of international donor funding despite key role as forest protectors.
Study shows Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities receive only small share of international donor funding despite key role as forest protectors.
In a drier Amazon, Indigenous people recalibrate their relationship with fire.
Brazil, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Fire Management
In a drier Amazon, Indigenous people recalibrate their relationship with fire.
Brazil, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Fire Management
Brazil, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Fire Management
‘I came home to fight for my land’: First Nations battle Canada blaze that displaced them.
Wildfire, North America, Indigenous Fire Management
‘I came home to fight for my land’: First Nations battle Canada blaze that displaced them.
Wildfire, North America, Indigenous Fire Management
Wildfire, North America, Indigenous Fire Management
In Oregon’s Bootleg Fire, An Island of Resilience, the Sycan Marsh Preserve, suggests that ‘Forest Treatments Work’
Wildfires, Fire Management, North America
In Oregon’s Bootleg Fire, An Island of Resilience, the Sycan Marsh Preserve, suggests that ‘Forest Treatments Work’
Wildfires, Fire Management, North America
Wildfires, Fire Management, North America
In the midst of North West Wildfire, New York Times Reports ‘Climate change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme’ and ‘A Wildfire So Overwhelming That it Controls the Weather’
North America, Wildfire, Climate Change
In the midst of North West Wildfire, New York Times Reports ‘Climate change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme’ and ‘A Wildfire So Overwhelming That it Controls the Weather’
North America, Wildfire, Climate Change
North America, Wildfire, Climate Change
Fire Money: how Indigenous Land Management is Transforming Arnhem Land
Australia, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Land Tenure, Fire Management, Biodiversity, Cultural Practice
Fire Money: how Indigenous Land Management is Transforming Arnhem Land
Australia, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Land Tenure, Fire Management, Biodiversity, Cultural Practice
Australia, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Land Tenure, Fire Management, Biodiversity, Cultural Practice
Historical Photos Bring Light to Traditional Fire Management in the Great Sandy Desert
Australia, Traditional Fire Management
Historical Photos Bring Light to Traditional Fire Management in the Great Sandy Desert
Australia, Traditional Fire Management
Australia, Traditional Fire Management
Podcast: Nance Haxton interviews ISFMI Fire Ecologist Prof. Jeremy Russell-Smith for the Griffith Review
Australia, Fire Management, Indigenous Knowledge, Podcast, Botswana
Podcast: Nance Haxton interviews ISFMI Fire Ecologist Prof. Jeremy Russell-Smith for the Griffith Review
Australia, Fire Management, Indigenous Knowledge, Podcast, Botswana
Australia, Fire Management, Indigenous Knowledge, Podcast, Botswana
The Guardian ‘How fires have spread to previously untouched parts of the world’
Global Fire Data
The Guardian ‘How fires have spread to previously untouched parts of the world’
Global Fire Data
Global Fire Data
The Conversation “Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It's time to consider similar approaches for other disasters”
Indigenous Knowledge, Australia
The Conversation “Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It's time to consider similar approaches for other disasters”
Indigenous Knowledge, Australia
Indigenous Knowledge, Australia
2020 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum Video Report
2020 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum Video Report
Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project
News Article, Arctic
Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project
News Article, Arctic
News Article, Arctic
The Guardian ‘Our Land was Taken. But we still hold the knowledge of how to stop mega-fires’.
The Guardian ‘Our Land was Taken. But we still hold the knowledge of how to stop mega-fires’.
NPR ‘To Manage Wildfire, California Looks to What Tribes Have Known All Along’
NPR ‘To Manage Wildfire, California Looks to What Tribes Have Known All Along’
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Burnt Area in Angola: Implications for Natural Vegetation and Protected Area Management
Angola, Fire Management, Fire Patterns, Wildfire
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Burnt Area in Angola: Implications for Natural Vegetation and Protected Area Management
Angola, Fire Management, Fire Patterns, Wildfire
Angola, Fire Management, Fire Patterns, Wildfire
CBC Radio ‘Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada’
North America, Peat Fire, Wildfire, Climate Change
CBC Radio ‘Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada’
North America, Peat Fire, Wildfire, Climate Change
North America, Peat Fire, Wildfire, Climate Change
BBC News. Fires in the Pantanal ‘triple’ in 2020
BBC News. Fires in the Pantanal ‘triple’ in 2020
CDU’s Rohan Fisher demonstrates the potential of 3D Landscape Simulations for Fire Management and Community Engagement
Fire Management, MRV, Video, Wildfire, Technology
CDU’s Rohan Fisher demonstrates the potential of 3D Landscape Simulations for Fire Management and Community Engagement
Fire Management, MRV, Video, Wildfire, Technology
Fire Management, MRV, Video, Wildfire, Technology
Nature Climate Change Reports on the Australian Bushfire Crisis and its Implications in the Edition ‘In The Line of Fire’
Australia, Emissions, Fire Management, Global Emissions, Global Fire Data, Global Impact, Global Transferability, Indigenous Knowledge, Article, Climate Change, Wildfire
Nature Climate Change Reports on the Australian Bushfire Crisis and its Implications in the Edition ‘In The Line of Fire’
Australia, Emissions, Fire Management, Global Emissions, Global Fire Data, Global Impact, Global Transferability, Indigenous Knowledge, Article, Climate Change, Wildfire
Australia, Emissions, Fire Management, Global Emissions, Global Fire Data, Global Impact, Global Transferability, Indigenous Knowledge, Article, Climate Change, Wildfire
ABC Australia ’Aboriginal Carbon Foundation calls for savanna burning carbon abatement program to be applied to southern Australia’
Australia, Wildfire, Methodology, Indigenous Knowledge
ABC Australia ’Aboriginal Carbon Foundation calls for savanna burning carbon abatement program to be applied to southern Australia’
Australia, Wildfire, Methodology, Indigenous Knowledge
Australia, Wildfire, Methodology, Indigenous Knowledge