Indigenous fire management 'locks up' carbon
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Scientists have revealed Indigenous fire management can "lock up" more carbon than other methods of native bushland management and the practice could prove very lucrative for landholders.
James Cook University's Distinguished Professor Michael Bird is a co-author of the new study that compares carbon sequestration in the tropical savannah of northern Queensland's Undara Volcanic National Park to carbon sequestration in savannah just outside it.
"The park has been subject to an Indigenous fire regime involving early dry season fires every 3–4 years, for two decades, while the area outside has not," said Professor Bird.
"PyC, also known as char, is resistant to degradation for centuries or even millions of years, it locks carbon in the ground and is also beneficial to soils and crops.
