An unprecedented opportunity to quantify biodiversity recovery after major wildfire

最近在澳大利亚南部发生的火灾突出表明，野火是该国面临的主要社会、经济和生态问题之一。生物多样性丧失和环境退化也是国家面临的重大问题。从该项目中获得的成果和新的认识将通过制定更知情和生态可持续的生物多样性保护、植被管理和火灾管理原则和做法，对农村、区域、国家和国际产生巨大的惠益。它还将指导自然资源管理人员，如国家公园工作人员和州森林管理人员，以最佳实践方法管理其管辖范围内土地的火灾后生态恢复。

Recent fire disasters in southern Australia emphasise that wildfire is one of the major social, economic and ecological issues facing the nation. Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation are also substantial national issues. The outcomes and new understanding obtained from this project will have enormous rural, regional, national and international benefits through developing better informed, and ecologically sustainable, principles and practices for biodiversity conservation, vegetation management, and fire management. It also will guide natural resource managers such as national park staff and state forest managers in best practice methods to manage post-fire ecological recovery on land under their jurisdiction.