Gradually, what we are witnesing in Tasmania is becoming the 'new normal'

“We can’t let this be the new normal”, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

Tasmania is still burning. For over a month now, intense fires have ravaged beautiful and remote parts of the state, causing heartbreaking environmental damage. Firefighters continue to do an extraordinary job battling the fires and thankfully, so far, there has been no loss of life.

But these fires aren’t normal bushfires. They’ve spread to areas that don’t often burn. 1,000-year-old trees in World Heritage Areas have been destroyed. Australia’s biggest rainforest wilderness - the Tarkine - is under threat. And scientists are drawing the links between this devastation and climate change.

Working with our friends at The Wilderness Society, we sent a helicopter and a drone camera to document the extent of the damage. The footage we got back is heartbreaking: ancient, protected forests going up in smoke.

By watching and sharing this video, you can help us to show the world the devastating damage done to UN-recognised protected areas in Tasmania. But crucially, you can help spread the message that by tackling climate change, we reduce the risk to our planet’s most beautiful places.

Watch the Greenpeace Australia Pacific "This is what climate change looks like" - Professor David Bowman, Professor of Environmental Change Biology - YouTube clip.