Episode of Series “The Researchers”.
Fire is a natural part of the Australian environment. Fire has been such a dominant factor that many native plants are adapted to periodic burning. Due to the supression of natural fires many square kilometres are being choked by a dense sea of invading shrubs.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
310970
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire control
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire prevention - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Adaptation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Fire control
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Fire prevention - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fire control
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fire prevention - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)