Fire management in threatened ecological communities

Fire management across New South Wales is currently based on plant responses to just one aspect of the fire regime, fire frequency. We now have a much better understanding of how species (flora and fauna) and ecosystem processes respond to all aspects of the fire regime (frequency, severity, season and type). We also have a better understanding of how species are impacted by fire and other threats (herbivory, drought etc.). This project aims to apply a new framework for the development of fire management recommendations which encompass the full diversity of fire responses within an ecosystem. We will do this by applying the framework to the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub Critically Endangered Ecological Community. 

This project is being conducted through the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, in collaboration with NSW DCCEEW, NSW Rural Fire Service, and NSW Golf Course.