A-Z of 2019-2020 Bushfire

Custodians of the Planet

We’re back with Season 2! This week on Custodians of the Planet, we are reflecting on the 2019-2020 summer hellscape. Join us in conversation as Scott, John, Guy, and Deniz discuss different aspects of bushfires. The conversation starts with discovering the relationship between climate change and bushfires, followed by the impact on wildlife and later impact on human health. We conclude with how this bushfire actually might have shaped the dynamics of our society and unlock the power of a community.

If you’re running short of time;

1:54 - Climate Science & Bushfires: Associate Professor Scott Mooney is the Deputy Head of the School of Biological Earth, and Environmental Sciences at UNSW. His research focus is on environmental change of the late Holocene and human impacts.

22:34 - Bushfire impact on Fauna: John Grant is the Spokeperson of WIRES. WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.) is Australia's largest wildlife rescue organisation. WIRES has been rescuing and caring for wildlife for over 30 years

51:18- Smoke Inhalation and Human Health: Associate Professor Guy Marks is a respiratory physician, epidemiologist and a public health physician. He focuses on lung health with specific focus on airways disease, air pollution and tuberculosis and capacity building for lung health research.

John Grant the Spokeperson of WIRES. WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.) is Australia's largest wildlife rescue organisation. WIRES has been rescuing and caring for wildlife for over 30 years.

Associate Professor Guy Marks is a respiratory physician, epidemiologist and a public health physician. He focuses on lung health with specific focus on airways disease, air pollution and tuberculosis and capacity building for lung health research.