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After the fires the Impacts of the 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires on the Wellbeing of Emergency Services Personnel
Documents and publications
This report presents findings from the first wave of the After the Fires survey about the impacts of exposure to the 2019-2020 bushfire events on the wellbeing and resilience of first responders.
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ON THE FRONTLINES AND FAULTLINES IN THE BLACK SUMMER BUSHFIRES
Documents and publications
This paper presents the experiences of Aboriginal peoples and the response of their communities and organisation to the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia, captured through various media articles, reports, submissions and testimony.
Strengthening resilience Managing national disasters after the 2019-20 bushfire season
Documents and publications
This documents presents the experiences and analysis of the Australian 2019-2020 bushfires and gives recommendation to inform the better natural disaster management in the country in the future.
Rainforest bird communities threatened by extreme fire
Documents and publications
This article presents the investigative analysis of the recovery of rainforest bird communities one-year after the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia.
BUSHFIRE RECOVERY PROJECT No. 2
Documents and publications
This report is one of a series of Bushfire Science Reports prepared by the Bushfire Recovery Project, presenting the latest evidence from the scientific literature about bushfires, climate change and the native forests of southern and eastern Australia
BURNT ASSETS The 2019-2020 Australian Bushfires
Documents and publications
This report explores how to value the environmental impacts of bushfires, illustrated with a simple analysis of how greenhouse gas emissions from bushfires reduce forest carbon (stocks), which are then partially restored through natural regrowth (flows).
Behavioural responses to multiple crises: Summary report
Documents and publications
This paper provides a summary of three separate papers looking at the impact and responses to the 2020 Black Summer Bushfire crisis, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that followed.
Implications of the 2019–2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation
Documents and publications
This article presents the impacts of the Australia's 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires on vascular plant species and communities.

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