Special issue – Wildfire and fire management in Western Tasmania

This special issue of TNPA News is primarily about wildfire in Tasmania, in particular western Tasmania. The included invited essays come from a range of perspectives reflecting the breadth and complexity of the issues. The publication attempts to move discussion about wildfire in Tasmania beyond a debate about the best technologies for fire suppression to a realistic consideration of what fire management should be trying to achieve and what it can achieve. The context, however, is a broader concern about the ongoing effects of rapid human-induced climate change and its effect on our priorities for nature conservation.

 

Fire-killed paleoendemics, Central Plateau. Photo: Rob Blakers

The Tasmanian National Parks Association offers an independent voice for Tasmania’s national parks and reserves, to ensure they are managed for the conservation of the values for which they were proclaimed.