Q&A with Dr Valerie Densmore - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the practice of hazard reduction

Dr Valerie Densmore (WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions) answers viewer questions that we didn't get time for during our National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the science of hazard reduction. The webinar took place on 20 May 2020. Watch the webinar at https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/firefuelswebinar/3

• 0:20 How do we compare the homogeneity of an entire landscape treated with the same hazard reduction burn treatment plan, to a landscape burnt by bushfire?
• 1:36 Is old growth vegetation of significantly higher importance to native fauna compared to young vegetation? If so, how can hazard reduction burning plan for this?
• 3:10 Should water management be considered a central element of planning when thinking of fire prevention/management?
• 4:52 How can hazard reduction burns adjust for the diminishing moisture differential associated with climate change?
• 5:42 Do you know of any research into natural fire reduction, such as fungi, invertebrates, small mammalian diggers and scratchers, and lyrebirds which are prodigious scratchers and 'compost tumblers'?