Fire Issues
Thoughts on the Victorian Bushfires
Excellent observations and opinions on why the cry for more FRBs is a nonsense - written by Andrew Campbell, a Victorian Forester. Every paragraph is a pearler.
Greenlivingpedia WIKI on Victorian Bushfires
The 2009 Victorian bushfires on Saturday 7 February 2009 were the worst bushfires in Australia's history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939.
The bushfires travelled at alarming speed, up to 100km/h, across farmland and through plantations and heavily "managed" forests, including forests where recent fuel reduction burns had been done.
Bushfire and climate scientists have confirmed that Victoria's hottest day ever, combined with very strong north winds, created conditions for an unstoppable firestorm.
Salvage logging has started - what are the environmental effects?
The salvage logging/green logging is an industry practice following fire events – on top of current allocations they go into burnt-out forest and clear-fell with no A grade logs and 50-80% going to wood chip. The animals that have lost their source of food also lose their homes and future homes.
Royal Commission into Victoria's Bushfires
For the latest update on the Royal Commission into Victoria's Bushfires
$50 million dollar Fuel Breaks - And how did they perform on Feb 7?
A precautionary measure or a political stunt? The jury is out on whether this fuel break is anything more than timber grab?
The question now - Were these $50 million timber hauling exercises useful in protecting human life? Were the other 21 options on the list for government fire proofing investment more sensible, but perhaps less timber beneficial?
Who's asking the questions of government? $50 million for 600 kilometres of cleared forest and not a single reference to their usefulness.
Did the Government choose safety or political pantomime with a timber bonus?