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Health & Science4h 20m ago

Jack Steele's documentary 'Firekeepers: Flames of Renewal' shows how traditional Indigenous land-clearance methods using slow-burning, low-fuel fires can revive degraded Australian landscapes.

Orange, Australia

Who
local film-maker Jack Steele, Orange First Nations community
What
Jack Steele's documentary 'Firekeepers: Flames of Renewal' shows how traditional Indigenous land-clearance methods using slow-burning, low-fuel fires can revive degraded Australian landscapes.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:07:57 GMT · 4h 20m ago
Where
Orange, Australia ·
Why
The documentary promotes 'cool-burning' as a regenerative practice, contrasting it with 'prescribed burns' which can damage native plants and increase fuel loads for hotter fires.
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Traditional Aboriginal 'cool-burning' practices, as highlighted in a new documentary, offer a method to revitalize the Australian bush, regulate waterways, and protect native species, potentially reversing the environmental degradation caused by 200 years of European land management.

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