Identifying key fire drivers in Australia; biomass, climate or people

确定澳大利亚的主要火灾驱动因素；

• 批准号: DE240100340
• 负责人: Dr Haidee Cadd
• 金额: $ 30.61万
• 依托单位: University of Wollongong
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240100340
• 关键词: Identifying; key; fire; drivers; Australia

This project aims to provide a greater understanding of Australia’s bushfire risk in the face of climate change. By comparing fire occurrence in three Australian bioclimates across two millennial-scale time periods, one prior to human settlement and one during active Indigenous management, this research expects to define which factors — climate, vegetation profile, or landscape management —most impact fire frequency and severity. Outcomes will likely create new knowledge on how past climates affected the Australian environment; enhance predictive ability for future fire risks under emerging climate scenarios; and provide new insights into how cultural burning can be incorporated into fire management plans to reduce catastrophic bushfires.

该项目旨在通过比较两个千年尺度的澳大利亚三种生物气候的火灾发生情况，一个是在人类定居之前，一个是在积极的土著管理期间，从而更好地了解澳大利亚面临的丛林火灾风险。确定哪些因素（气候、植被概况或景观管理）对火灾频率和严重程度影响最大，这可能会产生有关过去气候如何影响澳大利亚环境的新知识，并提供对新兴气候情景下未来火灾风险的预测能力；关于文化燃烧如何发挥作用的新见解纳入火灾管理计划，以减少灾难性的丛林火灾。