In the ongoing Australian bushfire crisis, many Aboriginal Australians have expressed grief and anxiety over damage to the landscape and to cultural and sacred sites. But millennia-old indigenous forest management tactics may also be the key to reducing the severity of future bushfires.

<p>In the ongoing Australian bushfire crisis, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/06/for-first-nations-people-the-bushfires-bring-a-particular-grief-burning-what-makes-us-who-we-are">many Aboriginal Australians have expressed grief and anxiety</a> over <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/15/grave-fears-held-for-hundreds-of-important-nsw-south-coast-indigenous-sites">damage to the landscape and to cultural and sacred sites</a>. But <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/11/how-first-australians-ancient-knowledge-can-help-us-survive-the-bushfires-of-the-future">millennia-old indigenous forest management tactics</a> may also be the key to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51043828">reducing the severity of future bushfires</a>.</p>

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