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There is a lot of evidence that our continent's flora has been shaped in many regions by tens of thousands of years of "burning." Some will have been from natural fires (lightning strikes - as remains true today) and a lot more from our indigenous folk.
Prior to white settlement fires were controlled by a small number of people carrying green-leafed branches, and the burns were not massive in scale. Nevertheless they managed to farm large tracts of land in their unique way and not want for food, according to many reports dating back to the 1800s.
What never occurred in our country's historical past - at least not based on the best available weather and proxy climate records - were decades of ever increasing temperatures, more prolonged dry periods, and a rapid closing of the window for safe burning to occur so that fuel loads could be reduced.
Recent fires have torn through forest areas that have been subject to fuel load reduction, and yet the full force of modern fighting has been unable to quell them.
Blaming environmentalists or Greens is a very cheap shot and totally ignores the parlous state of our flora situation with regard to its ongoing vulnerability to fire as a result of climate change.

<blockquote data-quote="rederob" data-source="post: 1051665" data-attributes="member: 2837">There is a lot of evidence that our continent&#039;s flora has been shaped in many regions by tens of thousands of years of &quot;burning.&quot;&nbsp; Some will have been from natural fires (lightning strikes - as remains true today) and a lot more from our indigenous folk.Prior to white settlement fires were controlled by a small number of people carrying green-leafed branches, and the burns were not massive in scale.&nbsp; Nevertheless they managed to farm large tracts of land in their unique way and not want for food, according to many reports dating back to the 1800s.What never occurred in our country&#039;s historical past - at least not based on the best available weather and proxy climate records - were decades of ever increasing temperatures, more prolonged dry periods, and a rapid closing of the window for safe burning to occur so that fuel loads could be reduced.Recent fires have torn through forest areas that have been subject to fuel load reduction, and yet the full force of modern fighting has been unable to quell them.Blaming environmentalists or Greens is a very cheap shot and totally ignores the parlous state of our flora situation with regard to its ongoing vulnerability to fire as a result of climate change.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rederob, post: 1051665, member: 2837"] There is a lot of evidence that our continent's flora has been shaped in many regions by tens of thousands of years of "burning." Some will have been from natural fires (lightning strikes - as remains true today) and a lot more from our indigenous folk. Prior to white settlement fires were [B]controlled [/B]by a small number of people carrying green-leafed branches, and the burns were not massive in scale. Nevertheless they managed to [B][I]farm[/I][/B] large tracts of land in their unique way and not want for food, according to many reports dating back to the 1800s. What never occurred in our country's historical past - at least not based on the best available weather and proxy climate records - were decades of ever increasing temperatures, more prolonged dry periods, and a rapid closing of the window for safe burning to occur so that fuel loads could be reduced. Recent fires have torn through forest areas that have been subject to fuel load reduction, and yet the full force of modern fighting has been unable to quell them. Blaming environmentalists or Greens is a very cheap shot and totally ignores the parlous state of our flora situation with regard to its ongoing vulnerability to fire as a result of climate change. [/QUOTE]

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