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Australia needs to learn from traditional Aboriginal knowledge about fire

Living sustainably with fire, Aboriginal Knowing 26 May 14, 
Where to burn, where to grow”………..I would suggest that the planning of Adelaide, surrounded by parklands with open spaces is based on this Aboriginal model of clearing land to create clear space around where you live. Australians need to think in this manner to protect ourselves from intense and destructive bushfires. We need to clear the trees around where we live, and we need to grow trees and plants in the right places.

Decisions of when and where to burn are informed by many environmental and social considerations, and vary with country. Our sophisticated patterns of land burning, the knowledge of what and where to burn is encoded within traditional knowledge. Such rules tell of wind directions, cloud formations, smoke patterns, soil condition, the position and movement of constellations and planets, the type of plants and stage of growth, the presence or absence of particular plant and animal species and so on.

Fire and water are interconnected. Water is a fuel for fire and fire fuels the rain. After a large fire, it usually rains.

Burning and planting in the right place can increase rainfall. (excellent references)  http://aboriginalknowing.com/2014/05/22/living-sustainably-with-fire/

May 27, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | aboriginal issues, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, environment