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Fire has been a recurring part of Australia's natural history for millions of years.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Fire has been a recurring part of Australia's natural history for millions of years. The Aborigines understood this and pre-emptively burned off vegetation around villages to protect themselves. White settlers learned to take similar precautions in Australia's desert climate, but recently green activists in many areas have mandated the planting of trees and banned their removal, or even the clearing of brush. These restrictions made the horrific wildfire in Victoria even worse and, by hastening the ...

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