- 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
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