First Aid for Burned Bushland (FABB) RESOURCES
AABR is progressively providing the following online materials to assist landholders undertake ecological weed management after the extensive wildfires of spring-summer 2019-20 – as well as to link volunteers to sites in need of help.
Site Locator map – i.e. bushland sites in need of volunteer assistance.
Visit the site locator map. Volunteers interested in helping please take a look at where work is needed to see if you might like to assist when the COVID-19 restrictions ease. More sites will be added over time – so if you know of sites please click on the next link, especially if in states currently not covered on the map.
Want to volunteer your skills and lend a hand?
- Register to volunteer to help at a site (if you have not already registered to volunteer) by completing this survey
Want to support the ongoing effort with a donation?
The donation drive has now finished- $3720 was raised.Your support enabled AABR to rapidly match experienced bush regenerators with land managers to assess the bush regeneration response required to assist natural recovery. A locator map was developed and relevant resources created and collated. An AABR accredited site coordinator was then able to connect volunteers with the site manager so that numerous working bees could be held. Recovery projects that were supported included; * Littoral Rainforest support at Crowdy Bay National Park, * Grassland recovery at Scottsdale Reserve, * Scotch Broom control at Barrington Tops National Park Unfortunately COVID19 reduced the capacity of many volunteers to get out and lend a hand however much was learned and will continue to help shape the recovery of our bushland treasures. Thank you for being a part of the solution.
AABR volunteers have been enthusiastically and actively delivering support to landholders and land managers, providing over 100hr/month of high value time since January.
These contributions have allowed AABR to capture the enthusiasm of willing volunteers and coordinate it with the commitment of landholders, who’ll be supported by the expertise of bush regeneration practitioners, to enable an effective on-ground response.
When COVID restrictions ease, demand for coordination will increase which we envisage will not be sustainable by volunteer effort alone. A donation, no matter what size, will enable AABR to continue supporting and coordinating the post-fire recovery on high conversation value sites. For businesses and organisations, sponsorship of FABB webpages are available, email admin@aabr.org.au or chat to Suzanne 0407 002 921.
Video series – First Aid for Burned Bushland
Post-fire weeding – Why it’s important
This project was proudly supported by
Assessing priorities for post-fire bush regeneration
This video has been made possible with funding from South East Local Land Services
Minimise disturbance while walking and weeding.
This video has been made possible with funding from South East Local Land Services
AABR successfully raised funds to produce the following videos in time for spring action.
- Disposing of weed – thinking about habitat for fauna -FUNDED by Bush-it, Apunga Ecological Management, BARRC
- Get good at recognising natives from weeds at a very small stage – FUNDED by Regen Australia
- The six main weeding techniques used after fire- FUNDED with support from Bushland Restoration Services, Waratah EcoWorks, Naturelinks and some generous individuals.
You can support the production of the next regenTV series on weeding techniques by donating to regenTV.
For businesses and organisations sponsorship of videos are a business expense. Sponsorship opportunities are outlined on this sponsorship brochure.
Techniques: The main weeding techniques used after fire [More to come]
- Control of Small Hand-Pullable Plants
- Control of Weeds with Underground Reproductive Structures
- Control of Woody Weeds
- Control of Vines
Information sheets
- Assisting the recovery of weed-affected native vegetation
- Assisting the recovery of weed-affected rainforest ‘edges’
This project was proudly supported by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Workshops and webinars
Recorded webinar [coming soon]
Conversations and workshops with landholders
Online workshops for groups
AABR can offer limited training for landholders and/or volunteers addressing local issues. If you are in need of an online workshop for your post-fire landholders please contact bushfire-response@aabr.org.au
Other publications:
Articles
- Pulling out weeds is the best thing you can do to help nature recover from the fires (D.Driscoll, The Conversation 12/1/20)
- Giving bushland a chance to recover after wildfires, (AABR News 143, Feb 2020)
- EMR feature: Community volunteers mobilise to help Lane Cove NP recover after wildfire (Reidy et al 2005)
- Bushfire Recovery helped by Rainforest Rangers (rainforest4.org)
Reports
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Fire and the Environment 2019–20 Summary : Biodiversity and landscape data and analyses to understand the effects of the fire events. (NSW Environment, Energy & Science Group)
Research papers
- Peer reviewed papers post-fire recovery
- Planet Ark Report: Regenerating: Our Land, Our People, our future
Flyers
Links:
Videos
- SWIFFT: Weed management after fire – Webinar series
- NCC Bushfire Program webinar, Flames in the Rainforests. – Dr Ross Peacock, Dailan Pugh OAM and Dr Tein McDonald AM
- Botanist Jackie Miles gives her insights on the post fire veg response in July 2020 in the area around Quaama/Dry River, 10km south of Cobargo, which was hit hard on NYE.
AABR post-fire e-newsletters updates (Subscribe to the e-news here)
- 4/10/20 Update on Sites- work dates. NSW/ACT
- 26/8/20 Spring is coming and so are the weeds. New possibilities.
- 3/8/20 First Aid for Burned Bushland Update- How are things going with post-fire regeneration
- 5/6/20 First Aid for Burned Bushland – World Environment Day
- 28/4/20 Post-fire update – Preparing for Productivity
- 17/3/20 Post-fire members update
- 5/3/20 Post-fire skill set survey
- 1/2/20Post-fire wildlife habitat regeneration response to members