Many in the community-based forest conservation movement have been concerned about the role of fuel reduction burning in forest fire risk management, particularly in the light of the recent Strathbogie case and the evidence regarding the impact of planned burns on flammability.

Earlier this year, the Rubicon Forest Protection Group asked our key forestry resource person, Nick Legge, to attend the recent Forestry Australia 2024 Fire Summit held at the University of Melbourne on 26 & 27 June 2024 and to report back to the group on the state of forest fire science as presented at the Summit.

The RFPG remains concerned about the state of fire science having reviewed the presentations from the Summit and considered Nick Legge’s report. We have three specific concerns: the underfunding of forest fire risk science; the gulf between science versus policy and practice; and the trust deficit facing DEECA.

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