Research Advisory Forum - northern Australia
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The Northern Australia Research Advisory Forum (RAF) held in Darwin was an opportunity to bring together a range of CRC projects and research streams from the physical and social sciences that are contributing evidence, practices and support for policy development focused specifically on the north of Australia.
The RAF had a focus on:
Indigenous and remote community based bushfire mitigation practices in the northern Australian region which requires more knowledge sharing and storytelling.
Communicating to the communities, communicating the research, the progress and practices in the northern Australian region also requires specific knowledge and research has demonstrated that with the appropriate communication come the right actions.
Carbon accounting as a business model is now in the forefront as a business tool which may provide useful information for understanding and managing climate change impacts. More and more organisations are expected to make accountability for their greenhouse emissions a standard business requirement.
Presentation topics for the RAF were:
- Economics of natural hazards
- Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering
- Northern Australia bushfire and natural hazard training
- Cultural hazards: knowledge, practice and risk management with Indigenous communities in south-east Australia
- Towards protective action: effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards
- Disaster landscape attribution
- Precision catchment management
- Pre-disaster multi-hazard damage and economic loss estimation model
- Scenario planning for remote community risk management in north Australian communities
- Developing effective emergency management partnerships in remote north Australian communities
Projects for the RAF were:
- Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training
- Enhancing remote north Australian community resilience
- Savanna fire management and scenario planning for North Australia
The Northern Australian RAF was specifically aligned with the North Australian Fire Managers Forum that also took place in Darwin from 3-4 April.
Venue
Download RAF - Northern Australia agenda.pdf (115.86 KB)
Related
| Year | Type | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Journal Article | Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 32, (2019). |
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