Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing the most severe fires that devastated more than 5m hectares across New South Wales this summer, an analysis has found.
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| University of Melbourne analysis challenges claims by politicians that hazard reduction burning should substantially increase. |
Forest scientists from the University of Melbourne said initial results suggested hazard reduction was best used in a targeted way around assets to help protect them from less intense fires.
It challenges claims by some politicians that state governments should substantially increase hazard reduction, possibly to meet a target of 5% of land each year. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has suggested he may introduce national standards that would report on how much hazard reduction the states carried out each year.
Read the story from The Guardian by Adam Morton - “Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing extreme bushfires.”
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