Breaking: More hazard-reduction burning will offer only limited help as the climate keeps warming, the NSW Bushfire Inquiry has found | p_hannam
NSW must prepare for similar or worse years following the extreme 2019-20 bushfire season, with increased hazard-reduction burning offering only limited help as the climate continues to warm, the NSW Bushfire Inquiry has found.
"The season showed us what damage megafires can do, and how dangerous they can be for communities and firefighters," the report found. "And it is clear that we should expect fire seasons like 2019-20, or potentially worse, to happen again.
The report, though, suggested more research was needed to understand the benefits and costs, noting that in severe conditions fires were barely mitigated by recent burns.
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