Identifying and overcoming legal barriers to cultural burning

Identifying and overcoming legal barriers to cultural burning

08 October 2024

This report examines, informs and supports the development of practical reform pathways to empower traditional owners and cultural knowledge holders to reclaim responsibility for cultural fire, and to better care for Country in NSW. It adds to the growing recognition that at the time of colonisation Australia’s Indigenous peoples had curated landscapes across large areas of the continent, including NE NSW, and that moderate fire plays a crucial ecological role in many Australian ecosystems.

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