Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management

David Lindenmayer; Robert M. Kooyman; Chris Taylor; Michelle Ward; James E. M. Watson

doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1195-5

Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management

David Lindenmayer, Robert M. Kooyman, Chris Taylor, Michelle Ward, James E. M. Watson

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The recent fires in southern Australia were unprecedented in scale and severity and much commentary has rightly focused on the role climate change played in exacerbating the risk of fire. Here, we argue policy makers also must recognize that historical and contemporary logging of Australian forests also had a profound effect on these fires’ severity, fire frequency and other key aspects of fire regimes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	898-900
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	4
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1195-5
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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