Dr Andy Baker

Vegetation, Fire & Restoration Ecology | Photography | #goodfire | @andybaker.bsky.social

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Many Gondwanan Rainforest Reserves burnt in Australia’s 2019–2020 bushfires. But how did woody rainforest plants respond to these 🔥 fires 🔥? 🧵(1/7)

Online Early: Aust. J. Bot. @CSIROPublishing🌳🔥
https://t.co/IQvywPbLdN

[Dr Tom Fairman @itsnotfairman]

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation - "Managing wildfires to safely burn under low and moderate conditions is thus a critical tool to address the growing wildfire crisis."
https://t.co/FPAVMB2vM5

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe independent of fuel accumulation and climate change: Nature Communications

https://t.co/NAN2eBudLu

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem https://t.co/hbeQCJrnb6

[UOM Palaeoecology-Palaeoclimatology @Melb_Palaeo]

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Rainforest response to glacial terminations before and after human arrival in Lutruwita (Tasmania) by @SarahCooleyGeo

Palawa burning kept Country open, suppressing rainforest expansion in what is supposedly a "wilderness" area today!

https://t.co/CgbcYWjro4

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Indigenous pyrodiversity promotes plant diversity https://t.co/8XfOA8hAzc

[Firesticks @FiresticksA]

Are you a First Nations person keen to start your Cultural Fire journey? Expressions of Interest for the 2024/25 Cultural Fire Mentoring Program in the Greater Sydney region are only open for five more days! Apply here before Sun, Dec 17 👉🏿 https://t.co/bzpHObzSnz
📷 Xuela Sledge

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Brilliant - we need more of this!

The differences between severe wildfire and cultural burns are often overlooked by the public and many ecologists.

#GoodFire

[Firesticks @FiresticksA]

Southern Yuin crew led a fauna monitoring workshop in the Biamanga cultural landscape impacted by the recent Coolagolite wildfire. Trail cameras allow us to understand how native fauna respond to high-intensity wildfires compared to #culturalburns. 🔥 Support from @nswenviromedia

[Firesticks @FiresticksA]

Southern Yuin crew led a fauna monitoring workshop in the Biamanga cultural landscape impacted by the recent Coolagolite wildfire. Trail cameras allow us to understand how native fauna respond to high-intensity wildfires compared to #culturalburns. 🔥 Support from @nswenviromedia

[Kate Parr @FunkyAnt]

Super important new paper on fate of #savannas after agricultural disturbance. Not good news.

[Firesticks @FiresticksA]

📢 We are looking for individuals or organisations to support the co-development of the #Firesticks #ImpactFramework & assist us in telling our stories of success & building on strengths. Submit EOI here https://t.co/E5h9mN7WJV by the 24 Nov or contact [email protected]

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

@luketkelly @ioliverasmenor @eco_pelle @ellapouton @PerePonsFerran @ozjimbob It’s a great review - love all your work

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene

Must-read (open-access) review in 'Annual Review of Environment and Resources' by @luketkelly @ioliverasmenor @eco_pelle @ellapouton @PerePonsFerran & @ozjimbob

#FireRegimes #Anthropocene

https://t.co/xDlV50TcuM

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests | Science Advances https://t.co/hjcTpBKfb1

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

@RohanFisher4 @cdu_ni @CDUni Can’t wait to finally see this up and running. Such a great story telling aid.

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Some long-awaited rains quelling multiple fires across eastern NSW over the last 24hrs.

[Susie Kocher @UCsierraforest]

Government agencies are overwhelmed by... a plan to treat 400,000ac/yr with beneficial fire ... If we can get buy-in from landowners, organizations and local communities around Indigenous knowledge and expertise of fire, that’s where we’ll see scaling up https://t.co/OXYs5gH8Wc

[Dr Andy Baker @FireDiversity]

Herbivory limits plant abundance and diversity at restoration sites globally, even more than in undisturbed ecosystems | Science https://t.co/FYcKDu9O5j

[FireScience.gov @FireScienceGOV]

@NWFireScience is excited to announce a new synthesis: Indigenous Fire Stewardship For Fire Mgmt & Ecol Restoration In PNW. It's a systemic review of themes in this literature including social, ecol & policy aspects of IFS + a 66-article annotated biblio.
https://t.co/zkoB58OxiI

[Zack Steel 🪶🦇🌲🔥 zacksteel.bsky.social @zlsteel]

Interested in how fire affects biodiversity? 🔥🐦🦇🐝🌿

We have a new paper synthesizing work and building a framework for future research and application focused on the hypothesis that "Pyrodiversity begets biodiversity"

https://t.co/Lo9lwMslE6

[Rohan Fisher @RohanFisher4]

We got some great national coverage of the epic fires in central Australia onABC @RadioNational this afternoon. A great piece highlighting the both the scale of these fires and in critical role of indigenous rangers in their control.@cdu_ni @IDA_Australia https://t.co/cfCT7NCZSD