BUSHHHHHH FIREEEEEEEEE~!!!!!!!!!!
“Bush fire is one of the four natural disaster in Australia, together
with drought, flooding and severe storm.” My Australian studies lecturer told
me in my foundation years. Bushfire, being a frequent event during the hotter
months of a year that causes property damage and loss of human life, it is in
fact has some linkage to the sense of sustainability.
Certain native floras in Australia have evolved to rely on bushfire as a
means of reproduction. And indigenous Australians have used fire to foster
grasslands for hunting and to clear tracks through dense bush. Of course, the
use of bushfire from indigenous people is under control instead of just burning
bush site randomly. Low intensity of bushfire burned in relatively small area
was used to maintain a pattern of vegetation to encourage new growth and
attract game for hunting, and encourage the development of useful food plants,
for cooking, warmth, signaling and spiritual reasons. With the constant moving
nature of aboriginals, the constant use of fire indeed resulted in a fine
pattern of different vegetation and fuel ages across the landscape. As a group
of people populated the Australian continent for more than 40,000 years, their
way of living somehow shows their consideration on sustainable living. Appropriate
demolishment is attempted for future development, biodiversity is sustained as
a result.
References:
1. Bushfire risk management
2. Traditional
Aboriginal burning
http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/fire/fire-and-the-environment/41-traditional-aboriginal-burning
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