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Fighting fire with fire: can Aboriginal knowledge save the world from burning?
- mastazi 5y agoI come from Italy where controlled fires are not common because there is a widespread belief that forests should be left "untouched" as much as possible, and that it would take many years for a forest to recover from fire, even a controlled one. So, when I moved to Australia, I was surprised to find out that controlled burning is common down here, and later I discovered that this is also an aboriginal tradition (cultural burning) even though the aboriginal methods seem to differ from the methods used by Australian governmental agencies[1]. I don't know which approach works best, but I would like to find out (Edit: I imagine that the answer will start with "It depends..."), maybe on HN there are readers who are expert in this field. So when I saw this article I decided to share it here. [1] https://www.aboriginalheritage.tas.gov.au/cultural-heritage/aboriginal-cultural-burning https://www.aboriginalheritage.tas.gov.au/cultural-heritage/...