Charles Darwin University (CDU)
CDU EXPERT: Desert megafires set to worsen under climate change without Indigenous fire management WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST 2025
Who: Rohan Fisher, Senior Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Faculty of Arts and Society, Northern Institute .
Topics:
- The scale of the 2023 'Black Spring' fires across northern spinifex deserts,
- Why desert fires spread so quickly and what makes them difficult to contain,
- How Indigenous ranger-led prescribed burning has been shown to reduce megafire spread, and
- What this means for future fire management in arid Australia under climate change.
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