Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Fitzsimons, James, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, James, Glenn, Vigilante, Tom, Lipsett-Moore, Geoff, Morrison, Joe and Looker, Michael 2012, Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes, Ecological management and restoration, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 51-57.

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Title	Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes
Author(s)	Fitzsimons, James Russell-Smith, Jeremy James, Glenn Vigilante, Tom Lipsett-Moore, Geoff Morrison, Joe Looker, Michael
Journal name	Ecological management and restoration
Volume number	13
Issue number	1
Start page	51
End page	57
Total pages	7
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication	Melbourne, Vic.
Publication date	2012-01
ISSN	1442-7001 1442-8903
Keyword(s)	benchmarking Indigenous fire regimes Indigenous livelihoods monitoring tropical savannas
Summary	Much of northern Australia’s tropical savannas are subject to annual intense and extensive late dry season wildfires, much of this occurring on Aboriginal land. Based on the successful West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) model, which has resulted in significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions, fire abatement programmes are planned for other significant regions of northern Australia. This study offers an introduction to the ideas behind a proposed environmental and social benchmarking project that aims to evaluate the potential benefits of expanding the fire abatement program in northern Australia, under the leadership of NAILSMA and its partners. Gaining a better understanding of the biodiversity, social and cultural outcomes of these fire abatement activities is an important component of demonstrating multiple benefits of these programmes. We emphasize the role of both biodiversity and cultural mapping to establish benchmarks and baseline states, with the involvement of Indigenous communities being a key element to optimize social and biodiversity benefits. Consultation with Traditional Owners and ranger groups to establish an agreed set of targets, indicators and sampling protocols and methodologies are critical component of this process. Examples of preliminary work to date are provided.
Language	eng
Field of Research	050201 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity 050205 Environmental Management
Socio Economic Objective	960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2012, Ecological Society of Australia
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045423

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Citation counts:	Cited 4 times in Scopus
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Created:	Fri, 18 May 2012, 13:59:29 EST by James Fitzsimons

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