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“You Can’t Fight Fire, You Have to Work With It”—In Australia, These Women Are Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge to Protect Their Land

Source
Vogue

Publication Date
2021-04-08

Australia just endured the worst flooding it has seen in 60 years, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes in Sydney, New South Wales, and up the North Coast. For many, the experience was painfully familiar; these were the same communities impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” wildfires of 2019 and 2020, which burned through 13.6 million acres, killed billions of animals, and released more carbon into the atmosphere than the continent does in a year.

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https://www.vogue.com/article/firesticks-alliance-australia-cultural-burning-indigenous-knowledge