Fire management in the arid zone for biodiversity and carbon benefits

Without active management, fires in Australia's arid zone cover vast areas in single high intensity events, damaging biodiversity values and reducing the above ground vegetation biomass (thus depleting carbon stocks). This project will deliver a fire management program across a large area in the southern Tanami Desert that will prevent extensive, intense fires. The project will take place on Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary. Neighbouring pastoralists and indigenous communities will be invited to collaborate in planning and implementation, bringing a new level of coordination to the region. The project will introduce best-practice techniques in aerial controlled burning, and fire and biodiversity monitoring.

若无主动管控措施，澳大利亚干旱区的野火会以单次高强度事件的形式蔓延至大片区域，破坏生物多样性价值，削减地表植被生物量，进而耗竭碳储量。本项目将在塔纳米沙漠（Tanami Desert）南部的大片区域实施野火管控方案，以遏制大规模高强度野火的发生。项目实施地点为纽黑文野生动物保护区（Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary）。本项目将邀请周边牧区牧民与原住民社区参与规划与实施工作，为该区域带来全新的协同治理层级。同时，项目将引入航空受控燃烧、野火监测与生物多样性监测领域的最佳实践技术。