The Backstory #3: Returning fire to Australia’s landscapes

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  • Published 20210202
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-56-6
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

In the latest Griffith Review Backstory podcast – in support of Griffith Review 71: Remaking the Balance – Nance Haxton explores the return of Indigenous fire regimes to Australia’s landscape for ecological management and cultural practice. She encounters practitioners and stories that speak to the power of this tool in terms of recovery, reconnection and reconciliation.

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