Supporting Savanna Fire Management Through Carbon Farming

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Brett Murphy,Andrew Edwards,CP (Mick) Meyer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643108530

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Carbon Accounting and Savanna Fire Management by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Brett Murphy,Andrew Edwards,CP (Mick) Meyer Pdf

In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most flammable landscapes. Management of fires in this region has the potential to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets, as well as conserving biodiversity and providing employment for Indigenous people in remote parts of Australia’s north. This comprehensive volume brings together recent research from northern Australian savannas to provide an internationally relevant case study for applying greenhouse gas accounting methodologies to the practice of fire management. It provides scientific arguments for enlarging the area of fire-prone land managed for emissions abatement. The book also charts the progress towards development of a savanna fire bio-sequestration methodology. The future of integrated approaches to emissions abatement and bio-sequestration is also discussed.

Author : G. D. Cook,A. E. Richards,A. C. Liedloff,S. R. Levick,C. P. (Mick) Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925800490

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Supporting Savanna Fire Management Through Carbon Farming by G. D. Cook,A. E. Richards,A. C. Liedloff,S. R. Levick,C. P. (Mick) Meyer Pdf

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter J. Whitehead,Peter Cooke
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780643094024

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Culture, Ecology, and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter J. Whitehead,Peter Cooke Pdf

In 12 multi-authored chapters, this book documents key challenges and novel options for addressing chronic landscape scale fire management issues in North Australian Savannas through development of both collaborative, cross cultural approaches and commercially supported enviroment programs.

Author : Ruth Wallace,Sharon Harwood,Rolf Gerritsen,Bruce Prideaux,Tom Brewer,Linda Rosenman,Allan Dale
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781760464431

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Leading from the North by Ruth Wallace,Sharon Harwood,Rolf Gerritsen,Bruce Prideaux,Tom Brewer,Linda Rosenman,Allan Dale Pdf

Leading from the North aims to improve public dialogue around the future of Northern Australia to underpin robust and flexible planning and policy frameworks. A number of areas are addressed including social infrastructure, governance systems, economic, business and regional development, climate and its implications, the roles and trends in demography and migration in the region. This book not only speaks to the issues of development in Northern Australia but also other regional areas, and examines opportunities for growth with changing economies and technologies. The authors of this book consist of leading researchers, academics and experts from Charles Darwin University, The Australian National University, James Cook University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science and many other collaborative partners. Many of the authors have first-hand experience of living and working in Northern Australia. They understand the real issues and challenges faced by people living in Northern Australia and other similar regional areas. Backed by their expertise and experience, the authors present their discussions and findings from a local perspective.

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter Whitehead,Peter Cooke
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099999

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Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter Whitehead,Peter Cooke Pdf

This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land’s traditional landowners and the scientific community to arrest a potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline in the natural and cultural assets of the region – not by excluding fire, but by using it better through restoration of Indigenous control over burning. This multi-disciplinary treatment encompasses the history of fire use in the savannas, the post-settlement changes that altered fire patterns, the personal histories of a small number of people who lived most of their lives on the plateau and, critically, their deep knowledge of fire and how to apply it to care for country. Uniquely, it shows how such knowledge and commitment can be deployed in conjunction with rigorous formal scientific analysis, advanced technology, new cross-cultural institutions and the emerging carbon economy to build partnerships for controlling fire at scales that were, until this demonstration, thought beyond effective intervention.

Author : Alan N. Andersen,Garry D. Cook,Richard J. Williams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387215150

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Fire in Tropical Savannas by Alan N. Andersen,Garry D. Cook,Richard J. Williams Pdf

Fire is a major agent of disturbance in many biomes of the world but is a particularly important feature of tropical savannas. Up to 50% of the ext- sive tropical savanna landscapes of northern Australia are burnt each year. This includes prestigious conservation reserves such as World Heritage— listed Kakadu National Park, in the Top End of the Northern Territory. As in other savanna regions of the world, the responses of biota to different ?re regimes are poorly understood, such that ?re management represents one of the greatest challenges to conservation managers and researchers alike. This is the context within which a landscape-scale ?re experiment was established at Kapalga Research Station in Kakadu,which aimed to provide a sound scienti?c basis for conservation management in the region. The experiment was established by The Australian Commonwealth Scienti?c and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),but involved collaborators from a range of universities and government agencies, including the m- agers of Kakadu,the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA:now Parks Australia North). This book summarizes the ?ndings from the Kapalga ?re experiment and explores the implications for conservation management. We believe that Kapalga has provided important insights into the ?re ecology of tropical savannas and has broad relevance for the conservation management of ?- prone landscapes in general. This book should be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and land management agencies. vii viii Preface We are extremely grateful to all our collaborators,both inside and outside CSIRO, for their involvement in the Kapalga experiment.

Author : The Conversation
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Australia
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781760761394

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2020: The Year That Changed Us by The Conversation Pdf

The year 2020 began with fire-fuelled orange skies over Australia and parts of New Zealand, before nations prepared for COVID-19 to hit their shores. What ensued was crisis: a pandemic, political upheaval, an international human rights movement, global recession and localised emergencies dwarfed by a world spinning on an axis of turmoil. These fifty essays from leading thinkers and contributors to The Conversation examine what will be one of the most significant and punishing years in the 21st century. 2020: The Year That Changed Us explores the key lessons from this remarkable year and kickstarts the discussion about what comes next. Contributors include: Michelle Grattan Peter Martin Raina MacIntyre Joëlle Gergis Peter Greste Thalia Anthony Shino Konishi Fiona Stanley

Author : Rodd Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113308287

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Savanna Burning by Rodd Dyer Pdf

Written by a team of northern Australian land management practitioners and researchers, this illustrated book provides the information to managers of pastoral, Aboriginal and conservation lands, to ecologists, students and the general public.

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires Toward Improved Monitoring Modeling and Management?a Workshop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2025-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309715539

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires Toward Improved Monitoring Modeling and Management?a Workshop Pdf

Climate change is fundamentally changing ecosystems and their fire conditions, and the 2023 fire season highlighted the urgency of developing and implementing solutions to address wildland fires. Wildland fires transfer carbon between the land and the atmosphere through emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), along with other gasses and particles. Though fires can be a natural part of healthy, evolving ecosystems, large, uncontrolled wildland fires can have devastating consequences to human health, communities, and biodiversity. Human-driven changes in wildland fire regimes have the potential to increase GHG emissions at a scale that could inhibit global efforts to achieve net-zero GHG emissions in the coming decades. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on September 13-15, 2023, to identify opportunities to improve measurements and model projections of GHG emissions from wildland fires and discuss management practices that could be incorporated into current and future action plans. Participants emphasized the importance of learning from historic and current Indigenous fire management practices and centering Indigenous voices and leadership across all stages of fire management. Different global ecosystems - particularly temperate, boreal, and tropical biomes - have been impacted by climate and land use changes where historical fire regimes and the carbon balance have been disrupted. However, discussions highlighted the diverse set of available regionally differentiated and ecosystem-appropriate mitigation strategies. With improved understanding of fires and their GHG emissions, better information for mitigation and management, and incorporation of wildfire GHG emissions into national accounting mechanisms, practitioners, communities, and decision makers will be better equipped to prepare, adapt, and respond to future wildland fires.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : UIUC:30112108412567

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Community-based Fire Management by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

"The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned."--Pub. desc.

Author : Johann Georg Goldammer,Cornelis De Ronde
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : 9781919833651

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Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa by Johann Georg Goldammer,Cornelis De Ronde Pdf

Africa is a fire continent. Since the early evolution of humanity, fire has been harnessed as a land-use tool. Many ecosystems of Sub-Sahara Africa that have been shaped by fire over millennia provide a high carrying capacity for human populations.

Author : Bertie J. Weddell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108968843

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Conservation in the Context of a Changing World by Bertie J. Weddell Pdf

An essential introduction to the historical background, central concepts, and strategies of utilitarian, preservationist, and stewardship approaches to conservation, using a broad geographical and cultural scope. It explores the conservation of wild organisms and their ecosystems in ecological, historical, and cultural contexts.

Author : Frank J. Ahern,Johann Georg Goldammer,Christopher O. Justice
Publisher : Kugler Publications
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9051031408

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Global and Regional Vegetation Fire Monitoring from Space by Frank J. Ahern,Johann Georg Goldammer,Christopher O. Justice Pdf

Introduction Increasing conflagrations of forests and other lands throughout the world during the 1980s and 1990s have made fires in forest and other vegetation emerge as an important global concern. Both the number and severity of wildfires (accidental fires) and the application of fire for land-use change, seem to have increased dramatically compared to previous decades of the twentieth century. The adverse consequences of extensive wildfires cross national boundaries and have global impacts. Fire regimes are changing with climate variability and population dynamics. Satellite remote sensing technology has the potential to play an important role for monitoring fires and their consequences, as well as in operational fire management. In response to this need as well as to respond to other needs for more rapid progress in forest observation, in 1997 the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) initiated Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) as an international pilot project to test the concepts of an Integrated Global Observing System. The GOFC program is currently part of the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). GOFC was designed to bring together data providers and information users to make information products from satellite and in-situ observations of forests more readily available worldwide. Fire Monitoring and Mapping was formed as one of three basic components of GOFC. This book contains eighteen contributions authored by scientists who represent the most active international research and development institutions, aiming at coordinating and improving international efforts for user-oriented systems and products. These papers were initially presented at a GOFC Fire Workshop held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra. The volume is a contribution of the GOFC Forest Fire Monitoring and Mapping Implementation Team to the Interagency Task Force Working Group Wildland Fire of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR).

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951D02265004S

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Biomass and Environmental Trading by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Pdf

Author : Rattan Lal,B.A. Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781466598591

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Soil Management of Smallholder Agriculture by Rattan Lal,B.A. Stewart Pdf

Nearly two billion people depend on hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers for food security. Yet, these farmers' lives also hang in the balance due to their extreme vulnerability to the risks of soil degradation and depletion, soil exhaustion, climate change, and numerous biotic and abiotic stresses. Soil Management of Smallholder Agriculture