- Extreme Wildfire
This workstream aims to increase knowledge of wildfire risk in indigenous forests and preserve and use Mātauranga Māori knowledge related to wildfire in the ngahere.
We aim to enhance decision making and planning to protect indigenous forests from wildfire.
- to work in co-leadership with Māori to progress a kaupapa Māori workplan. Te Ao Māori approaches and knowledge will be built into our indigenous forest and species flammability research.
- a mahi rōpū (working group) named ‘Te Kauahi’ was established to guide/steer Scion researchers investigating and translating Mātauranga Māori to indigenous forest fire risk
- a survey to gather information from forestry and fire personnel with knowledge (present and past) about fires in indigenous forests is underway
- a PhD student is testing the flammability of indigenous forest surface fuels
- we have evaluated historical fire records to identify where fires have occurred in indigenous forests
- a meta-analysis is underway using National Vegetation Survey data to understand forest structure and then translate this into potential fire behaviour.
Explore the Extreme Wildfire Research Programme workstreams:
Extreme Wildfire News
Building for a wildfire future
As part of Scion’s five-year Extreme Wildfire research programme, social scientists are investigating how decisions throughout planning, design and construction lead to homes being built
New slash sensor operational
A sensor which monitors temperature in slash piles has had extensive testing in forest environments to make it more robust and reliable. The sensor delivers
Experimental burns a world-first
Two new series of extreme wildfire burns was completed near Twizel in autumn 2023, as part of Scion’s Extreme Fire research programme. The burns follow
Related searchable documents and reports
| Title | Date | Report Number | Author | Link | hf:doc_categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Research Publications | February 18, 2015 | 00 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Fire Research Documents pre-2008 | September 30, 2014 | 01 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Aerial fire suppression research – 2008 | February 1, 2008 | 18 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Spatial Techniques for Grassland Curing Across Australia & New Zealand – 2008 | February 1, 2008 | 19 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Impact of climate variability on fire danger – August 2007 | August 1, 2007 | 17 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Forest Biosecurity & Protection – Review of methods and data on rural fire suppression resource productivity and effectiveness – June 2007 | June 1, 2007 | 16 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Forest Biosecurity & Protection – Communication of Fire Danger Warnings in New Zealand and Overseas – May 2007 | May 1, 2007 | 15 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| New Zealand Experimental and Wildfire Observer Guide : Forms – 2006 Fire Weather Recording Form | February 1, 2006 | 13 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Applying fire spread simulators in New Zealand and Australia – 2006 Results from an international seminar | February 1, 2006 | 14 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Forest and rural fire danger rating in New Zealand – 2006 | January 1, 2006 | 10 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Wildfires and Communities: Australasian Perspectives | January 1, 2006 | 11 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| New Zealand Experimental & Wildfire Observer Guide – 2006 Guide Version 1.1 – January 2006. | January 1, 2006 | 12 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Spatial Prediction of Wildfire Hazard Across New Zealand: A Significant Upgrade – September 2005 | September 1, 2005 | 08 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Impact of Climate Change on Long-term Fire Danger – June 2005 | June 1, 2005 | 06 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| New Zealand Vegetation Fire Database Summary and Initial Data Quality Findings – June 2005 | June 1, 2005 | 07 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| patial Prediction of Wildfire Hazard Across New Zealand – A Significant Upgrade – 2005 | May 1, 2005 | 05 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Forest Biosecurity & Protection – Wildfires and Communities: International Perspectives March 2005 | March 1, 2005 | 04 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Determination of field sampling methods for the assessment of curing levels in grasslands – 2005 | January 1, 2005 | 09 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| Fire Danger Climatology Analyses and Tools | May 1, 2003 | 01 | G Pearce, J Moore, L Douglas | extreme-wildfire-public | |
| A fire danger climatology for New Zealand, plus Appendix 2 – 2003 | May 1, 2003 | 02 | extreme-wildfire-public | ||
| A Fire Danger Climatology for New Zealand – 2003 | May 1, 2003 | 03 | extreme-wildfire-public |
