1、Developing an Effective Prescribed Burning Workforce:A Call to ActionForestry Australia Fire SummitJune 2024Trevor HowardNational ManagerPrescribed Burning Strategy1.Land Use Changes and Declining Capability in Using Fire2.FFMG-AFAC National Burning Project(2011-2017)3.Rebuilding Capability:A Master
2、class Program in Using Fire4.The Bigger Picture:What Else is Needed?Land Use Changes and Declining Capability in Using Fire Declining influence of forestry and foresters in Australian bushfire management and research over several decades Declining use of fire in agriculture land clearing,stubble bur
3、ning,cane burning,grazing land management,woody weed control etc.and research by ag scientists Fewer workers in rural Australia,and fewer workers with bush skills as well as fire knowledge Agency changes,workforce demographics and succession issues Victoria 1939,Dwellingup 1961,Victoria 2009,Product
4、ivity Commission Report 2015Land Use and Land Management Contrasts:South and North Southern Australia mainly AFAC member agencies with burn programs,minimal broadscale private burning Urbanisation,smoke,traffic,environment,land use conflicts,desktop science Indigenous cultural burning small steps,ne
5、eds much more support and time Northern Australia TOs,pastoralists,conservation land managers etc.Northern Australia ALRA 1976,Native Title Act 1993,carbon farming legislation,Aboriginal ranger programs,support personnel from diverse backgrounds,aerial ignition programs,GLM courses5FFMG-AFAC Nationa
6、l Burning Project(2011-2017)-Workshops across Australia-Analysis of procedures and practices-Case studiesFrameworks,Guidelines,PrinciplesTo bring together inter-related aspects of prescribed burning across Australasia to design guiding frameworks and principles for a more holistic and consistent app