Australian Colonisation Sharply Increased Wildfire Danger, Study Finds
Researchers found that the British colonisation of Australia led to a major rise in wildfire danger, likely because it disrupted Indigenous land-management practices such as controlled cultural burning. The findings suggest that centuries-old changes in how the land was managed still shape today's bushfire risk, offering lessons for modern fire prevention.
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