Managing fire to protect biodiversity, carbon and build resilient landscapes

This project addresses Theme 2 by building the capacity of a government agency (Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, DSE) to protect biodiversity and enhance carbon storage using adaptive fire management. Small changes to fire management can have major impacts on both biodiversity (including invasive species) and carbon stores. This project will add value to an existing research program between the applicant (ARI) and DSE by including carbon measures in biodiversity assessments of native forest sites representing a broad range of fire regimes. These unique and comprehensive data will inform new fire practices that aim to protect forest biodiversity and enhance carbon stores.