NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre
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The BNHRC unites researchers from partner universities with government agencies, frontline emergency services, Aboriginal people and community stakeholders in a collective effort to tackle the challenges posed by natural hazards in south-eastern Australia.
Under the theme 'Fund Resilience, Not Disasters', International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October 2025 calls for a decisive shift: fund resilience now to avoid paying for disasters later.
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#ResiliencePays #DRRday iddrr.undrr.org
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)
Disasters are becoming more frequent, more costly, and more devastating.While direct disaster costs have grown to approximately $202 billion annually, the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Under the theme 'Fund Resilience, Not Disasters', International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October 2025 calls for a decisive shift: fund resilience now to avoid paying for disasters later.
#ResiliencePays #DRRday iddrr.undrr.org
#ResiliencePays #DRRday iddrr.undrr.org
"The idea that wildfires can be managed simply by detecting... and suppressing them early has become widespread. That might seem reasonable at first glance, but history tells us otherwise," writes the BNHRC's Jason Sharples in Nature
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Why suppressing all wildfires has made today’s megafires worse
Satellites, drones and artificial-intelligence tools can improve fire management — but they must be informed by wildfire science, or we risk worsening the problem for decades.
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"The idea that wildfires can be managed simply by detecting... and suppressing them early has become widespread. That might seem reasonable at first glance, but history tells us otherwise," writes the BNHRC's Jason Sharples in Nature
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#bushfire #wildfire #firescience #unsw
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#bushfire #wildfire #firescience #unsw
LIVE WEBINAR TOMORROW: Decoding the hazardscape: How cutting-edge science is shaping natural hazard management
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August 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
LIVE WEBINAR TOMORROW: Decoding the hazardscape: How cutting-edge science is shaping natural hazard management
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More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
theconversation.com/more-dry-lig...
theconversation.com/more-dry-lig...
More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
What can we learn from the bushfires in Tasmania? Beware of climate change, especially the unpredictable nature of blazes sparked by dry lightning.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
theconversation.com/more-dry-lig...
theconversation.com/more-dry-lig...