Over recent years, research within FLARE’s Landscape Flammability theme has been uncovering how microclimate influences vegetation flammability and fire behaviour. A key finding has been the importance of in-forest vapour pressure deficit (VPD) — a measure of the...
Managers of pine plantations note that at various different age classes and after thinning, plantations are often heavily impacted by woody weed encroachment, primarily blackberry. They hypothesise that blackberry is a contributor of rate of spread and subsequent...
Extreme and mega fires result in significant damage to property and infrastructure and are associated with large suppression costs. These events occur when separate fires merge. Their increase occurrence in recent seasons highlight the importance of developing tools...
This project, undertaken through the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre (BNHRC), evaluates the effectiveness of mechanical fuel management strategies, with a focus on the use of targeted goat grazing as an alternative or complement to traditional methods...
This research project aims to improve current fuel accumulation curves in the Woodland Heath fuel type. To do this, we have developed a new quantitative field method for assessing fuel hazard based on the modification of the Overall Fuel Hazard Assessment Guide (OFHG)...
