Fire mosaics in landscape fire planning

The purpose of this project is to develop operational guidance comprised of a shared conceptual framework, language and metrics for describing fire mosaics. This will enhance capability of practitioners throughout temperate Australia to integrate fire mosaics into landscape planning so they can meet their management objectives.  

Fire mosaics are perceived to be important for achieving ecological, cultural and hazard reduction objectives in fire-prone landscapes. However, operational guidance regarding mosaics lags substantially behind that for other areas of fire management (e.g. impacts of fire interval on ecosystems). Therefore, managers continue to face considerable uncertainty regarding defining objectives, implementation and assessment of outcomes from ‘mosaic burning’. Establishing commonly understood concepts, language and metrics around fire mosaics is a key first step towards addressing this gap.  

This project will deliver operational guidance with practical application to fire management and will also be foundational for subsequent work to develop information and tools to assist in planning, implementing and assessing fire mosaics.