Uni cool burn report slammed

DEBATE about the value of prescribed burning has followed a study published by Australia National University and Curtin University which called the practice “grounded in simplistic models”; Forestry Australia disputed the claims, saying cool burning was “based on decades of on-ground research and lived experience”. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Lloyd Ilett

February 05, 2024 | 7:00 PM

FORESTRY Australia (FA) has criticised a recent report released by Australia National University (ANU) and Curtin University (CU) that claimed logging and prescribed burning of forests can make them more flammable.

Prescribed burns have been a fire mitigation tool used with the aim of reducing fuel load to minimise the intensity and severity of fires.