Low fire risk landscapes
Challenging the norm of prescribed burning
* "Research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes."
"Would it be worth removing the short-term defence of prescribed burning to bring forests back to a less flammable state?"
"In our new study, we examined whether phasing out prescribed burning could help Australian forests endure climate change. The answer was clear: it’s entirely possible to stop the cycle of fire feeding more fire, and help forests endure new climatic conditions."
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https://theconversation.com/in-1939-a-royal-commission-found-burning-forests-leads-to-more-bushfires-but-this-cycle-of-destruction-can-be-stopped-269099
* Are the alternative ecosystem states produced by positive fire-flammability feedbacks reversible? Philip J Zylstra and David B Lindenmayer 2025 Environ. Res. Lett. 20 124037DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ae18e7
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae18e7
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📖 Tijl Vanneste and Rafael de Azevedo wrote an article about #AliceKinloch, a South African activist and one of the first people to openly criticise the violence perpetrated against black workers in the #Kimberley mining system at the end of the 19th century.
🔓 Her history in #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002085902400097X
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The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died.
I didn't know much about him other than his writing. I came across "Petals of Blood" in a second hand book shop back in the 90s. It's one of those novels you don't forget reading.
He was a champion of African literature in African languages. I can see where he was coming from but I can also see why writers such as Chinua Achebe choose to write in English - to reach a wider readership in Africa as well as beyond.
Ngũgĩ seems to have been a complex character. Hard to read about him abusing his wife (according to the son), especially just after reading about her being raped by men targeting Ngũgĩ (presumably for his uncompromising political views).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce999kwxn1ro
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See our latest blog about the Sierre Leone Railway Strike in 1926. This strike challenged the British colonial system in Sierra Leone. #SierraLeoneRailwayStrike #BritishColonialism
#IndigenousAustralian lawmaker confronts British royals: ‘#YouAreNotMyKing'
Story by Hilary Whiteman
October 21, 2024
“Britain’s #KingCharlesIII had just finished giving a speech to #Australia’s Parliament House on Monday when an #Indigenous senator began yelling, 'You are not my king.'
“From the back of the room, Independent Senator #LidiaThorpe shouted at the royal couple, 'Give us our #LandBack, give us what you stole,' as security officers moved to escort her away.
“The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
During his speech, King Charles acknowledged Australia’s #FirstNations people, who lived on the land ‘for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago.
“‘Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations people have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures,' King Charles said.
'I “can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom.'
“Earlier, a traditional Aboriginal welcoming ceremony was held outside Parliament House for the royal couple, but for many of the country’s Indigenous population, they are not welcome.
“The arrival of British settlers to Australia led to the #massacre of #IndigenousPeople at hundreds of locations around the country until as recently as the 1930s. Their [descendants] still suffer from #racism and #SystemicDiscrimination in a country that has failed to reverse centuries of disadvantage.
“Thorpe, a #DjabWurrung #Gunnai #Gunditjmara woman, has long campaigned for a treaty and has previously voiced her fierce objections to the British monarchy.
“Australian’s Indigenous people never ceded #sovereignty and have never engaged in a treaty process with the British Crown. Australia remains a Commonwealth country with the King as its Head of State.
“During her swearing-in ceremony in 2022, Thorpe referred to Australia’s then-Head of State as 'the #colonizing Her Majesty #QueenElizabethII,' and was asked to take the oath again.
“She did so while raising one fist in the air.
“On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial. A 62-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with a police direction.
“Before she yelled at the King, Thorpe turned her back during a recital of 'God Save the King,' Australian media reported. Images showed her wearing a possum-fur coat, standing in the opposite direction of other attendees.
“#TheGreens party said in a statement that the King’s presence was 'a momentous occasion for some' but also a 'visual reminder of the ongoing #ColonialTrauma and legacies of #BritishColonialism' for many First Nations people.
“In the statement, #Greens Senator Dorinda Cox, a #YamatjiNoongar woman, called for the King to be clear in his recognition and support of ‘First Nations #justice, #TruthTelling and #healing.'
“‘He now needs to be on the right side of history,' she added.
“The Australian Monarchist League demanded Thorpe’s resignation after what it called a 'childish demonstration.’”
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/australia/lidia-thorpe-confrontation-king-charles-australia-intl-hnk
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Sv2D6
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Hyperincarceration
"First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world."
"Hyperincarceration of First Peoples is a common feature of former British settler colonies such as Canada, the United States and New Zealand. This shared experience shows us First Peoples are not the problem. We should instead be paying attention to the colonial motivation for incarcerating First Peoples."
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https://theconversation.com/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612
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Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
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