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Map of regionNorthern Australia overview would cover breif summary of issues and their causes – climate and veg, land managers etc and then refer users to menu at left
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Map of regionThis section would describe the overall northern climate and then the veg types and landscapes and how they influence fire regimes – could be taken from Di’s Savanna burning text.
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This page would link to various documents and maps that would be useful for reporting and planning purposes for the NHT regional staff.
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The kimberley is fire prone because of climate – elaborate here – because of sparse population etc.
The Kimberley has four types of fire country:
• Sandstone country
• Black soil country
• Red soil Country
• Coastal Country
Click on the menu at left for information on managing fire in these types of country
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The Sandstone country is pretty well mostly rubbish country and as the map at right shows, it covers a regrettably large part of the Kimberly.
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The story of obligate seeders and fire frequency etc.
Could refer to guidelines for managing the vegetation groups that occur in Kiimberley sandsone here.
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Outline who uses the sandstone country – indigenous communities, tourists, tourist operators, park managers and what issues they have with fire management – and how they affect fire management
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These techniques are taken from the guidelines for managing the vegetation groups that occur in Kimberley sandstone.
Technique 1. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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Technique 2. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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Resources for managing biodiversity• This page will have links to maps and mapping
tools that are useful for managing biodiversity in the Kimberley sandstone.
• Maps of species distributions in these habitats
• Fire history and fire frequency maps
• Other maps layers – soils, etc.
• GIS tools for analysing these maps
• Useful publications
• Literature search tool
• Links to summaries of relevant recent research and knowledge not already in the examples and stories
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The black soil country is blah blah
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The red soil country is blah blah
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This page links to various sources of knowledge that you might find useful in managing fire in the Kimberley
Research Projects summaries of fire management research that is relevant to fire management in the Kimberley
Knowledge summaries of local and traditional sources of fire management knowledge
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This page links to various people and organisations that you might find useful in managing fire in the Kimberley
Click on the category below for a list of people and organisations who can help you in your area of interest
• Wildfire
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This page links to various online tools and publications that you might find useful in managing fire in the Kimberley
Online tools
• NAFI site (Kimberley section)
• Map making tools
Publications
• Savanna Burning
• Malgara Workshop
• Fuel Guide
• VRD CD
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Do they even have fire in Arid WA? Why did we get lumped with having to service this neck of the woods?
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This is an NHT region – it has vastly different fire management situations within its boundaries.
For practical info on fire management click on the individual sub-regions above – Top End, Savanna NT or Arid NT.
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The Top End of the NT is one of the most fire-prone regions in Australia along with Cape York and the Kimberley. Also has seen major research efforts making it relatively rich in knowledge. Has Kakadu and Arnhem land…
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Techniques for managing biodiversity
These techniques are taken from the guidelines for managing the vegetation groups that occur in Top End sandstone.
Technique 1. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Click for more details of this technique.
Click for some case studies and stories here.
Technique 2. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Click for more details of this technique.
Click for some case studies and stories here.
Technique 3. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Click for more details of this technique.
Click for some case studies and stories here.
Technique 4. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Click for more details of this technique.
Click for some case studies and stories here.
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Resources for managing biodiversity• This page will have links to maps and mapping
tools that are useful for managing biodiversity in the Top End sandstone.
• Maps of species distributions in these habitats
• Fire history and fire frequency maps
• Other maps layers – soils, etc.
• GIS tools for analysing these maps
• Useful publications
• Literature search tool
• Links to summaries of relevant recent research and knowledge not already in the examples and stories
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The Savanna NT region covers the VRD, Katherine region, the Sturt Plateau, Roper River and NT Gulf districts. Plenty of grazing country with sandstone country in VRD.
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The arid zone of the NT has a different set of fire management challenges compared to regions further north….
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The Northern Gulf in an NHT region that is also a fire management region.
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The Southern Gulf in an NHT region that is also a fire management region.
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Cape York is also an NHT region
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