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AFAC has released the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for summer 2023. The #BushfireOutlook is a strong reminder to communities and businesses across the country to prepare for bushfire. See the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for summer on the AFAC website: afac.com.au/auxiliary/publ…

The world 🌎 has experienced up to 500 medium- to large-scale annual disasters over the last 20 years. This is 5 times higher than the previous three decades. Together, we must #StopTheSpiral 🌀 Learn how in the #GAR Report: bit.ly/3MzaZvv

It was great to be able to work with @IDA_Australia (Boyd Elston) on this story about their amazing work -Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way – to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging theconversation.com/indigenous-ran… via @ConversationEDU

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Fire management: How insurers can best prepare for natural hazards Phil Cottle, head of forestry at Specialty MGA UK, outlines how insurers in the forestry, plantation and reforestation sector can mitigate against fire risk. theinsurer.com/viewpoint/fire…

Disasters do discriminate. 🏳️‍🌈 The #LGBTQIA+ community is often disproportionally affected by disasters and has different and uneven levels of resilience and capacity to recover. ⏬

A new episode of The #FirstInventors on @NITV will air today, exploring Indigenous knowledges from communities across Australia. As Robbie Williams (FIRE LORE) writes, cultural burning was Indigenous knowledge that could have been lost – but it survived. theconversation.com/before-the-col…

📣 Calling all disaster management professionals! 🔥 We're proud to release our abridged 'Intelligence Preparation of the Operating Environment' (IPOE) tailored specifically for the Wildfire Response and Recovery efforts in #NovaScotia, Canada. drive.google.com/file/d/1FT0OYw… #wildfires

The Resilient Australia Awards #RAA23 have been extended to 30 June. Everyone has a role in resilience. With 8 award categories open this year, we encourage you to share your work and be recognised nationally by submitting or nominating a project or photo: aidr.org.au/raa

Disaster risk governance has been strengthened since the adoption of the #SendaiFramework. The number of countries with disaster risk reduction strategies has quadrupled compared with 2015. Does your country have a #DRR strategy? #ResilienceForAll ➡️ ow.ly/eCVM50NFJTZ

Cultural burning expansion to reduce bushfire risk thewest.com.au/news/indigenou…

The @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has called for every person on Earth to be protected by early warning systems by 2027. Read more about early warnings systems 👉 ow.ly/EoLK50Nof8U #EarlyWarningsForAll

💡Did you know? With 190,000+ visitors every month, and a mailing list of 11,000+, @PreventionWeb is the ideal platform to promote your #DRR events. What are you waiting for? 📢Reach out to the expert community now! preventionweb.net/upload-your-co…

Our CEO Andrew Gissing @AndeGiss is published in @canberratimes today: "Australia needs to better understand risk. Science tells us that severe weather will worsen. We cannot just think about floods when it might rain. With climate change, this will happen again."

Help! I'm looking for examples of great wildfire risk communication, from anywhere in the world. Reply with your favourites, or reply with what you wish existed but doesn't (yet) #wildfire #bushfire #risk #communication #scicomm

Enterprises can adopt various strategies to reduce carbon emissions while meeting consumer needs. One practical example is the adoption of renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power to power their operations. #MWC23

Registrations are now open for our Natural Hazards Research Forum 2023 in May! #NHRF23 Come and contribute to the conversation about natural hazard research in Australia – what it is, what’s being done, how it can be used, what should be done in future. naturalhazards.com.au/nhrf23

Firefighters have worked tirelessly on the Western Downs, but the threat hasn’t passed. High fire danger is set to peak in the South Western Region today. A Local Fire Ban is in place until Feb 28, for Western Downs, Goondiwindi, Maranoa and Balonne councils. 📷 Tara fires

(1/3) Want to hear from experts about their Black Summer research findings? We are hosting 2 webinars to share key lessons, as published in the 'Understanding the Black Summer bushfires through research' report. Details in thread. Learn more/register here: bit.ly/3Z7T4Tk

Future global streamflow declines are probably more severe than previously estimated | Nature Water nature.com/articles/s4422…