How to conduct a cool burn - Cool Burning

For tens of thousands of years Australian Aboriginal peoples have actively managed the savanna using fire. Their knowledge of the seasons and local conditions enable them to produce the most effective cool burns. These cool burns benefit both the environment and the Aboriginal traditional way of life.

These resources allow students to explore the use of cool burns as a way to manage country and how Indigenous Australian are the knowledge keepers of fire.

[TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

How it should be done. Listen to the people whom lived here for 55 thousand years and we have a lot to learn from these beautiful people!.

[robertohoyos]

Good tips. Small patches, and with patterns. Mind the wind, burn late evening.

[rustynutts]

Couldn't agree more. I would be completely happy for the Commonwealth Government to increase GST if needed to holey and solely fund a new super dept combining land, water, native animals and fisheries where as far as land management is concerned RFS would be become a fully paid profession with a fleet of fire fighting aircraft and together with rangers and indigenous people that have the knowledge to implement, practice and teach "anyone" who is diserious of a paid career as a professional land manager all work together to get this country back to how it was when us whities came ashore because if the Canberra bush fire didn't wake up the nation that if i can happen to the nations capital it can happen anywhere and everywhere then we have learned nothing from this nation wide disaster. Mr Morrison this is your time to shine and be a leader that Australians far into the future will remember and revere, not for a short term balancing of a budget but for securing a nations ecological future.

[kevonz]

Burning to windward, it seems so obvious after the fact but it shows the genius of an old culture, this stuff is literally in their bones. An absolutely inspirational tutorial.

[robertbroadbent]

And it all makes so much sense - Thank you

[gavinhughes]

A lot better method than the wham bam techniques of the RFS

[jeffries]

Great video ..We must change the way its done by the fire services, we cant afford the whole country going up again..

[shodges]

Great information, thank you for sharing. Would you be interested in joining me on a webinar to share this information in a NAIDOC special?

[brzboxer]

I hate to be negative but in the Alpine region of Victoria it is hard or impossible to get in and out on foot. The hills are steep and lots of under growth. How are people going to do this cool burn in areas like this? The area is also very large. Going to need a lot of people on the ground.
The video shows no logs or trees on the gound or under growth of small plants or shrubs? How do indigenous people cool burn around a bush that is so thick of nature? How did the indigenous people put out the fire? Water tanks on cars are ok for areas when they can access the area. I want to see the full start to finish of a indigenous cool fire that is in area that is built up of vegetation before Im convinced. All video's of cool burns only show small and flat land grass burns.

[donkayyy]

hi this was great make more videos ✨🙂✨

[tobiashermann]

BUILD SOIL
If you want to make rain effective, you need to have soil to soak up the water. If you want to build up soil you need herbivores to eat the grass. The shit will turn to soilcover and in the end into rich soil. By burning grass you remove all the material which can be your future soil! This will replenish aquifiers, groundwater and rivers. Also it will support more plants which will transpire/evaporate water consistently and thereby cool the place. On a large scale more soil soaking up water combined with more plants evaporating will lead to more rainfall!

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