2021 Savanna Fire Forum Presentations

Presentations from the 2021 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum are now available to view below.

Video recordings of most sessions are also available to view in full here, or via the Indigenous Carbon Industry Network's YouTube Channel. 

Please note - all presentations listed in white are available to download in pdf format only. Presentations listed in yellow are video links. Please credit the author if referencing.

2021 Savanna Fire Forum Report

• 2021 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum - Forum Report

Day 1 - 9 February 2021

Fire in Northern Australia Overview

• NAFI Fire Season Overview - Rohan Fisher (CDU)

• NAFI Future Directions - Dr Peter Jacklyn (CDU)

• 2020 Northern Fire Weather Season - Dr Sally Cutler (BoM)

Fire in the Top End: NT Panel

• Overview of the Top End Fire Season - Maggie Towers (Bushfires NT)

• Warddeken Land Management Fire Season 2020 - Torsten Unnasch (Warddeken)

• 2020 Kakadu National Park Overview - Anna Pickworth (Kakadu National Park)

• Western Top End Savanna Fire Management - Jamie Page & Uriah Crocombe (Tharmarrurr Rangers)

Fire in Cape York: QLD Panel

• Cape York Savanna Burning 2020 - Julien Gastaldi & Darryl Killen (Natural Carbon)

• Cape York NRM Fire management - Alex Debono (Cape York NRM)

• Land Restoration Fund - Page Perry (QLD Land Restoration Fund)

Fire in the Kimberley: WA Panel

• Kimberley 2020 Fire Season - Richard Whatley (Kimberley Land Council)

• Yanunijarra/Ngurrara (Burning on Country) - Chantelle Murray (Ngurrara Rangers)

• John Wheeler (WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services

• 2020 Fire Season - Preston Cox (Nyul Nyul Rangers)

• Savanna Fire Video 2021 - Uunguu Rangers

• Karajarri Monitoring and Fire Operations 2020 - Braedon Taylor (Karajarri Rangers)

• Balanggarra Rangers 2020 - James Birch-Gallagher (Balanggarra Rangers)

• Dambimangari Rangers

• Savanna Fire Forum: 2020 Review - Aled Hoggett (Australian Wildlife Conservancy)

Day 2 - 10 February 2021

Carbon Industry Update

• General Update - Karen Graham & Shakir Rahman (Clean Energy Regulator)

• CMI North Australia Savanna Fire Forum - John Connor (Climate Market Institute)

• Indigenous Carbon Industry Update - Anna Boustead (ICIN)

Partnerships in Fire Management

• Bushfire Centre of Excellent - John Tillman (WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services)

Equipment supporting fire management

• Radio Communication Network (VHF & Satellite Radio Project) - John Cross (Bawinanga Rangers)

• Burnt Area Mapping for Strategic Fire Management - Jay Evans (CDU)

Mapping for better fire management

• Mapping for better fire management - Dr Peter Jacklyn (CDU), Dr. Andrew Edwards (CDU) & Rohan Fisher (CDU)

Day 3 - 11 February 2021

Climate Change and Savanna Fire Management

• Climate Change impacts on savanna systems - Dr. Andrew Edwards (CDU)

• Joe Morrison (ILSC)

• Climate Change and Fire Weather in Northern Australia - Dr. David Karoly (CSIRO)

Future of the Savanna Burning Method

• Extending the savanna burning method to the frequently burnt areas of the Tanami and southern Kimberley - Dr Jarrad Holmes (PEC Consultants), Ben Kaethner (Central Land Council) & Kristina Koenig (Kimberley Land Council)

• The Savanna Fire Management Industry's contribution to the development of a revised savanna fire management methodology - Kristina Koenig (Kimberley Land Council) & Gary Wyatt (Corporate Carbon)

Fire Stories and the Carbon Industry

• Sharing your fire management story in the carbon industry - Anna Boustead (ICIN)

• Fire Stories & the Carbon Industry - Paul Lane (Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation)

• Communications in the Carbon Industry - Clare Price (Carbon Market Institute)

• Building your brand in an online world - Robyn Bartlett (Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation)

Communicating your Fire story

• Communicating your Fire Story - Jaemie Page (Thamarrurr Rangers)

Global Context - Future economic opportunities in fire management

• Global Context: future economic opportunities in fire management - Jeffrey Castellas (South Pole)

• Indigenous-led verification of co-benefits in premium Carbon Markets - Rowan Foley (Aboriginal Carbon Foundation)

Measuring, monitoring and evaluating outcomes of fire management

• SMERF Dashboard - Aasish Adhikari (Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research

• Integrated Conservation Strategies - Jonathan Vea (NT Parks and Wildlife)

• Savanna Monitoring & Evaluation Reporting Framework - Kerry Crosbie (Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research)