By Zoe Robertson | Development Associate, Annual Programs
Recent decades have seen a transformation of fire management in the fire-prone savanna landscapes of northern Australia, with an intensification of the delivery of extensive prescribed burning in the early dry season (EDS) to prevent the frequency and extent of high-intensity wildfires under extreme fire weather conditions in the late dry season (LDS). Effective fire management is a primary focus of Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s (AWC) conservation land management operations, and is aimed at promoting biodiversity conservation, by: (1) reducing the extent of LDS wildfires; and (2) increasing the extent of unburnt vegetation, particularly long unburnt (≥3 years) vegetation. In the Kimberley, AWC undertakes fire management at a landscape scale primarily via EDS prescribed burning on sanctuaries, in partnership with Traditional Owners on their lands (via representative Aboriginal Corporation governance) and on several neighbouring pastoral lease properties. Effective fire management at Charnley has seen a 62% reduction in the area burnt by LDS fire, compared with pre-AWC levels.
Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary serves as the hub for AWC’s north-west fire management program, that is delivering a dramatic reduction in the frequency and intensity of late dry season wildfires across 6.1 million hectares of the Kimberley.
Fire management is a critical part of AWC’s practical approach to conservation. Thank you for your generous support of this project, helping to further conservations efforts around Australia. Please consider giving to one of AWC's new projects in 2023.
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