Research Project
Researchers: Annabel Smith (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator) , Dr Angela Dean (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator) , Dr Angela Dean (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator) , Jennifer Firn (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator)
Full description This project will investigate the ecological and evolutionary outcomes of cultural burning in forests and grasslands in southern Queensland, including Bonye Biar (Bunya Mountains), and examine characteristics of collaborative partnerships that support cultural burning. This project aims to provide scientific support to the Bunya Peoples Aboriginal Corporation (BPAC) and their regional Indigenous fire practitioners’ network in their ‘ “Right fire” for Country and resilience through safety-based engagement’ project by (i) documenting species and ecosystem responses to burning, including cultural burning and prescribed burning, and (ii) identifying opportunities to strengthen collaborative partnerships.
