Fire on the Savannas: Voices from the Landscape

 

Cover of Fire on the Savannas: Voices from the Landscape
Edited by Dennis Schulz
Published by Tropical Savannas CRC

Price: $12 (GST inc.) ISBN: 0-9587376-3-0

The booklet is based on interviews conducted at the CRC's fire management workshop held in March this year. This workshop brought together pastoralists, indigenous land managers, scientists, conservationists, tour operators, miners and the military.

While the booklet is not an authoritative text on fire management, it is a fascinating account of viewpoints to fire management in the north, illustrating where these views diverge and meet. Proceedings of the workshop are also now in print.

The booklet's views are from:

  • Pastoralist — Jeff Baker, manager of Mataranka Station, NT.
  • Indigenous Pastoralist — Len Rosendale of Hopevale, Cape York, Queensland.
  • Bush Administrator — Jim Forscutt, Mayor of Katherine, NT.
  • Management Scientist — Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith, NT Bushfires Council.
  • Traditional Burners — Dean Yibarbuk, Jimmy Kalarriya, Lofty Bardayal, Isaiah Buranali, Tom Wood, Jack Namandale, Ross Guymala from Arnhem Land, NT.
  • Natural Historian — Dr David Bowman, Charles Darwin University.
  • Pastoralist — Tom Starr, former manager of Ban Ban Station, NT and tourism entrepreneur.
  • Firefighter — Neil Phillips, Fire Control Officer for the southern operation - Bushfires Council of the NT.

Price: $12 (GST inc.) ISBN: 0-9587376-3-0

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Links

Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory
www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/bus­hfires/index.html

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www.fesa.wa.gov.au/
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    www.fire.qld.gov.au/about/regi­ons/region1.asp
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    www.fire.qld.gov.au
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