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Australia's Indigenous People Have a Solution for the Country's Bushfires. And It's Been Around for 50,000 Years
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Sun, 2020-01-12 22:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux
ADELAIDE HILLS - MFS fire crews fight a bushfire on Wattle Road in Kersbrook, on January 2, 2015 in Adelaide Hills, Australia. (Photo by Campbell Brodie/Newspix/Getty Images)
cnn.com - by Leah Asmelash - January 12, 2020
The fires in Australia have been burning for months, consuming nearly 18 million acres of land, causing thousands to evacuate and killing potentially millions of animals . . .
. . . The Australian state of New South Wales, where both Sydney and Canberra are located, declared a state of emergency this week, as worsening weather conditions could lead to even greater fire danger.
But a 50,000-year-old solution could exist: Aboriginal burning practices.
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