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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