Environmental Impact of Prescribed and Wildfire - Emissions Management

Fuel reduction burning emissions

How does fuel reduction burning influence forest carbon storage and carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere

When a forest burns, carbon and greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere. This research aims to determine the amount of greenhouse gases that are released in a bushfire, and how this affects the environment and the amounts of stored carbon in a forest. This knowledge will help reduce the environmental impact of fuel-reduction burning.

The project also aims to better understand the cost-benefit of fuel-reduction burning versus wildfire on stored carbon in forests. This involves measuring the carbon in bark, in wood on the forest floor, in the vegetation, and in the forest litter and soil.

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The panel sessions were a popular addition to the forum program
More than 75 researchers, end users, PhD students, land managers and industry representatives attended the seventh Bushfire CRC Research Advisory Forum on 23-24 October, held at the NSW Rural Fire Service headquarters in Sydney.
A prescribed burn in Victoria's Otway Ranges
The latest Bushfire CRC Fire Note examines the effect of prescribed burning on forest carbon and greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
Bushfire CRC research went public in the western districts of Victoria.
Bushfire CRC research went public in the western districts of Victoria.

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