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AFAC has released the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for summer 2023. The #BushfireOutlook is a strong reminder to communities and businesses across the country to prepare for bushfire.
See the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for summer on the AFAC website: afac.com.au/auxiliary/public…
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The world 🌎 has experienced up to 500 medium- to large-scale annual disasters over the last 20 years.
This is 5 times higher than the previous three decades.
Together, we must #StopTheSpiral 🌀
Learn how in the #GAR Report: bit.ly/3MzaZvv
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It was great to be able to work with @IDA_Australia (Boyd Elston) on this story about their amazing work -Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way – to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging theconversation.com/indigeno… via @ConversationEDU
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#ICYMI, more EV Training Minutes... fireengineering.com/technica…
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Fire management: How insurers can best prepare for natural hazards
Phil Cottle, head of forestry at Specialty MGA UK, outlines how insurers in the forestry, plantation and reforestation sector can mitigate against fire risk.
theinsurer.com/viewpoint/fir…
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Disasters do discriminate.
🏳️🌈 The #LGBTQIA+ community is often disproportionally affected by disasters and has different and uneven levels of resilience and capacity to recover. ⏬
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A new episode of The #FirstInventors on @NITV will air today, exploring Indigenous knowledges from communities across Australia.
As Robbie Williams (FIRE LORE) writes, cultural burning was Indigenous knowledge that could have been lost – but it survived.
theconversation.com/before-t…
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📣 Calling all disaster management professionals!
🔥 We're proud to release our abridged 'Intelligence Preparation of the Operating Environment' (IPOE) tailored specifically for the Wildfire Response and Recovery efforts in #NovaScotia, Canada.
drive.google.com/file/d/1FT0… #wildfires
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The Resilient Australia Awards #RAA23 have been extended to 30 June.
Everyone has a role in resilience. With 8 award categories open this year, we encourage you to share your work and be recognised nationally by submitting or nominating a project or photo: aidr.org.au/raa
We heard you need more time, so we are extending our submission deadline for the 2023 Resilient Australia Awards to 30 June!
Don't miss your chance to submit for one of our many categories.
Learn more and submit here: lnkd.in/gG5MYXj
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Disaster risk governance has been strengthened since the adoption of the #SendaiFramework. The number of countries with disaster risk reduction strategies has quadrupled compared with 2015.
Does your country have a #DRR strategy?
#ResilienceForAll ➡️ ow.ly/eCVM50NFJTZ
ALT Number of countries reporting having national disaster risk reduction strategies.
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Cultural burning expansion to reduce bushfire risk thewest.com.au/news/indigeno…
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The @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has called for every person on Earth to be protected by early warning systems by 2027.
Read more about early warnings systems 👉 ow.ly/EoLK50Nof8U
#EarlyWarningsForAll
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💡Did you know?
With 190,000+ visitors every month, and a mailing list of 11,000+, @PreventionWeb is the ideal platform to promote your #DRR events. What are you waiting for?
📢Reach out to the expert community now!
preventionweb.net/upload-you…
ALT Organizing an interesting event on disaster risk reduction? We got the guestlist!
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Our CEO Andrew Gissing @AndeGiss is published in @canberratimes today:
"Australia needs to better understand risk.
Science tells us that severe weather will worsen.
We cannot just think about floods when it might rain.
With climate change, this will happen again."
We must be courageous in planning for communities to be sustainable, safe and resilient, writes @AndeGiss canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
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Help!
I'm looking for examples of great wildfire risk communication, from anywhere in the world. Reply with your favourites, or reply with what you wish existed but doesn't (yet)
#wildfire #bushfire #risk #communication #scicomm
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Enterprises can adopt various strategies to reduce carbon emissions while meeting consumer needs.
One practical example is the adoption of renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power to power their operations. #MWC23
Q5: In today’s era of digitalization, the growing need for data and digital transformation is insatiable. What can enterprises do to reduce carbon emissions while meeting consumer needs? #MWC23
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Registrations are now open for our Natural Hazards Research Forum 2023 in May! #NHRF23
Come and contribute to the conversation about natural hazard research in Australia – what it is, what’s being done, how it can be used, what should be done in future.
naturalhazards.com.au/nhrf23
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Firefighters have worked tirelessly on the Western Downs, but the threat hasn’t passed.
High fire danger is set to peak in the South Western Region today.
A Local Fire Ban is in place until Feb 28, for Western Downs, Goondiwindi, Maranoa and Balonne councils.
📷 Tara fires
ALT Two firefighters with hoses in their hands stand near an active fire.
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(1/3) Want to hear from experts about their Black Summer research findings?
We are hosting 2 webinars to share key lessons, as published in the 'Understanding the Black Summer bushfires through research' report.
Details in thread. Learn more/register here: bit.ly/3Z7T4Tk
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Future global streamflow declines are probably more severe than previously estimated | Nature Water nature.com/articles/s44221-0…
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