Dr Andy Baker

Many Gondwanan Rainforest Reserves burnt in Australia’s 2019–2020 bushfires. But how did woody rainforest plants respond to these 🔥 fires 🔥? 🧵(1/7) Online Early: Aust. J. Bot. @CSIROPublishing🌳🔥 doi.org/10.1071/BT21091

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation - "Managing wildfires to safely burn under low and moderate conditions is thus a critical tool to address the growing wildfire crisis." nature.com/articles/s4146…

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe independent of fuel accumulation and climate change: Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem academic.oup.com/aob/article/do…

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Rainforest response to glacial terminations before and after human arrival in Lutruwita (Tasmania) by @SarahCooleyGeo Palawa burning kept Country open, suppressing rainforest expansion in what is supposedly a "wilderness" area today! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Indigenous pyrodiversity promotes plant diversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are you a First Nations person keen to start your Cultural Fire journey? Expressions of Interest for the 2024/25 Cultural Fire Mentoring Program in the Greater Sydney region are only open for five more days! Apply here before Sun, Dec 17 👉🏿 ow.ly/aI5j50Q89bF 📷 Xuela Sledge

Brilliant - we need more of this! The differences between severe wildfire and cultural burns are often overlooked by the public and many ecologists. #GoodFire

Southern Yuin crew led a fauna monitoring workshop in the Biamanga cultural landscape impacted by the recent Coolagolite wildfire. Trail cameras allow us to understand how native fauna respond to high-intensity wildfires compared to #culturalburns. 🔥 Support from @nswenviromedia

Super important new paper on fate of #savannas after agricultural disturbance. Not good news.

📢 We are looking for individuals or organisations to support the co-development of the #Firesticks #ImpactFramework & assist us in telling our stories of success & building on strengths. Submit EOI here ow.ly/nnju50Q88An by the 24 Nov or contact pstandley@firesticks.org.au

@luketkelly @ioliverasmenor @eco_pelle @ellapouton @PerePonsFerran @ozjimbob It’s a great review - love all your work

Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene Must-read (open-access) review in 'Annual Review of Environment and Resources' by @luketkelly @ioliverasmenor @eco_pelle @ellapouton @PerePonsFerran & @ozjimbob #FireRegimes #Anthropocene annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@RohanFisher4 @cdu_ni @CDUni Can’t wait to finally see this up and running. Such a great story telling aid.

Had a visit from Jagun Aboriginal Alliance this morning. They have come up from Northern Rivers NSW, for training in and delivery of a Projection Augmented Landscape model and fire simulation for Mackellar range (Kyogle). Tools to assist discussions about looking after country.

Some long-awaited rains quelling multiple fires across eastern NSW over the last 24hrs.

Government agencies are overwhelmed by... a plan to treat 400,000ac/yr with beneficial fire ... If we can get buy-in from landowners, organizations and local communities around Indigenous knowledge and expertise of fire, that’s where we’ll see scaling up universityofcalifornia.edu/news/new-uc-ba…

Herbivory limits plant abundance and diversity at restoration sites globally, even more than in undisturbed ecosystems | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@NWFireScience is excited to announce a new synthesis: Indigenous Fire Stewardship For Fire Mgmt & Ecol Restoration In PNW. It's a systemic review of themes in this literature including social, ecol & policy aspects of IFS + a 66-article annotated biblio. ow.ly/oMzG50Q3EOz

Interested in how fire affects biodiversity? 🔥🐦🦇🐝🌿 We have a new paper synthesizing work and building a framework for future research and application focused on the hypothesis that "Pyrodiversity begets biodiversity" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

We got some great national coverage of the epic fires in central Australia onABC @RadioNational this afternoon. A great piece highlighting the both the scale of these fires and in critical role of indigenous rangers in their control.@cdu_ni @IDA_Australia abc.net.au/listen/program…