EcoFire: restoring the biodiversity values of the Kimberley region by managing fire

Sarah Legge; Stephen Murphy; Richard Kingswood; Butch Maher

doi:10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00595.x

EcoFire: restoring the biodiversity values of the Kimberley region by managing fire

Sarah Legge, Stephen Murphy, Richard Kingswood, Butch Maher

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Abstract

EcoFire is a strategic regional prescribed burning programme covering 5 million hectares of the Kimberley, Western Australia. It is based on a unique partnership of landholders, private conservation and government agencies. The project is causing a shift from regular, extensive, uncontrolled fires in the mid-to-late dry season, to early dry season fires that are smaller and less intense, thus improving habitat quality and the availability of unburnt vegetation across the landscape.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-92
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ecological Management and Restoration
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00595.x
Publication status	Published - 2011

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