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Research interests
Taking scientific data and spatial information and making it more useable, accessible, and effective for planning and community engagement. This work is primarily, but not exclusively, focused on supporting fire management in Northern Australia through three main research areas.
The use of Projection Augmented Physical Landscape technology for bringing science and local Indigenous knowledge together in a way that facilitates two-way learning about environmental history and science in the very diverse, cross-cultural, cross-linguistic space of northern Australia. The approach developed by Rohan, uses simulation games of landscape process projected onto 3D printed landscapes or sand that is shaped to fit the terrain. The use of this technology has successfully addressed the issue of supporting the integration of western scientific data with traditional indigenous knowledge in Australia, Cameroon and Mexico. This work was awarded the national AFR Higher Education, education technology award in 2018. Education More information here: landscapemodels.net
Developing fire behaviour simulation models. This work is developing a stochastic cellular automata fire behaviour simulation through a participatory modelling process that makes explicit the key variables affecting fire behaviour at a landscape scale in northern Australia This work aims to fill a gap in fire behaviour modelling tools by focusing on learning and participatory planning outcomes through fire behaviour simulation and explores the role of gamification for building a shared understanding of complex landscape processes. Operational applications of the Northern Australian Fire simulations have been applied to remote land management contexts throughout the Top-End of Northern Australia. More information here: https://incendiarysim.wordpress.com/
Developing fire spread analysis tools for understanding assisting evidence-based fire management in northern Australia. This study seeks to support the application of this strategic fire management by providing a more detailed understanding of the landscape features that impede fire spread in Australia’s Tropical Savannas using long-term satellite-derived fire histories. The high frequency of fire in northern Australia provides a unique opportunity to investigate fire extinction in a way that supports on ground wildfire management planning. By combining long fire history data (> 25 years) in high fire frequency landscapes, it is possible to develop spatial datasets of fire extinction probability based on combining fire edges
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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2019 Rainmaker Readiness - Projection Augmented Physical Landscapes supporting STEM learning.
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
1/11/19 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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2020 Rainmaker Start Up - ARC Linkage - Dynamic Habitat Mapping Framework
Russell-Smith, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Edwards, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Evans, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Yates, C. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Luttig, D. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Lewis, M. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Hawkey, C. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B)
15/07/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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3D DYNAMIC MODEL – TUVALU (Funafuti and Nanumea)
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Senarath, A. (Project Manager)
24/08/23 → 30/12/23
Project: Research
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3D projection augmented model - Ranger Mine
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
15/02/22 → 1/11/22
Project: Research
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4D fire behavior model for SE QLD - Health Land and Water
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
20/11/23 → 30/03/24
Project: Research
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4D fire information and 2022 burnt area mapping for North Kimberley fire projects
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
30/05/22 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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4D fire Simulation, Jagun Alliance
Fisher, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Senarath, A. (Project Manager)
10/08/23 → 15/12/23
Project: Research
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Factors enabling fire management outcomes in Indigenous Savanna fire management projects in Western Australia
Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation, Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation, Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, Vigilante, T., Goonack, C., Williams, D., Joseph, A., Woolley, L. A. & Fisher, R., 30 Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33, 9, p. 1-14 14 p., WF24092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital games are helping communities face growing bushfire threats in northern Australia
Fisher, R., 9 Nov 2023, ABC Science.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way – to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging
Fisher, R., 28 Aug 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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‘Painting with fire’: How Northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs
Fisher, R. & Jacklyn, P., 22 May 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Barriers to fire spread in northern Australian tropical savannas, deriving fire edge metrics from long term high-frequency fire histories
Fisher, R., Lewis, B., Price, O. & Pickford, A., 1 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 301, p. 1-11 11 p., 113864.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the value of ecosystem services delivered by prescribed fire management in Australian tropical savannas
Sangha, K. K., Evans, J., Edwards, A., Russell-Smith, J., Fisher, R., Yates, C. & Costanza, R., Oct 2021, In: Ecosystem Services. 51, 101343.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hunting territories and land use overlap in sedentarised Baka Pygmy communities in southeastern Cameroon
Fa, J. E., Ros Brull, G., Ávila Martin, E., Okale, R., Fouda, F., Fárfan, M. Á., Cain, B., Fisher, R., Coad, L. & Funk, S. M., Feb 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., 3503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)91 Downloads (Pure)
Thesis
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Socialising the pixel, a mixed methods approach to assessing the state of forests in West Timor
Fisher, R. (Author), Myers, B. (Supervisor) & Noske, R. (Supervisor), 2010Student thesis: Masters by Research - CDU
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Prizes
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Territory Natural Resource Management Researcher of the Year 2017
Fisher, R. (Recipient), 26 Nov 2017
Prize: Honorary award
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Financial Review Higher Education Awards 2018
Fisher, R. (Recipient), 28 Aug 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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CDU Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: The Eastern Indonesian Field Intensive (EIFI), a cross-cultural multi-disciplinary international field experience that deepens learning, regionalises student perspectives and creates exciting employment and further study opportunities.
Wurm, P. (Recipient), Myers, B. (Recipient), Fisher, R. (Recipient), Pickering, S. (Recipient) & Harkness, P. L. (Recipient), 2015
Prize
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Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT): Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning: Authentic and situated learning for environmental science students: a cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary field intensive in remote rural eastern Indonesia.
Wurm, P. (Recipient), Myers, B. (Recipient), Fisher, R. (Recipient), Pickering, S. (Recipient) & Harkness, P. L. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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