| The bushfires in Canberra highlighted the problems of underinsurance and the value in households making regular reviews. |
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| This creates ideal conditions for grasses, spinifex and other vegetation to grow, providing fuel for big bushfires. |
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| As well as the obvious increased air pollution and reduced visibility, local bushfires are a potential health concern. |
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| This is only smoke haze, drifted down from the frightful bushfires burning elsewhere in Victoria. |
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| Six months on from the bushfires in the high country many properties are still not properly fenced. |
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| Frequencies of tropical cyclones, heat-waves, bushfires and frosts are also linked to the Southern Oscillation. |
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| When the book was first written, and when it was reissued, it did not have the Canberra bushfires to draw on as they had not yet happened. |
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| Ravaged by bushfires, salvagers, restorers and souvenir hunters the once almost intact wreck is now a shadow of its former self. |
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| Through carelessness or maliciousness, many of Australia's bushfires are caused by humans. |
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| Australia's long hot summer shows no sign of easing up, with soaring temperatures and bone dry conditions sparking bushfires across the country. |
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| Arsonists are responsible for many bushfires in the state and many Australians are unhappy about the penalties, which include bonds or light prison sentences. |
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| Survivors of Australia's bushfires told over the weekend of their mounting surprise, and then panic, at the sheer scale and speed of the unfolding disaster. |
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| But the people who actually live on the planet's largest island tend to fear two entirely different dangers: skin cancer and bushfires. |
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| The aim of the project is to increase the benefits drawn from forest products, through promoting a better management of bushfires. |
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| Wildfires, also called bushfires, forest fires, or grass fires occur when combustible materials such as trees, shrubs, and grasses are ignited. |
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| In 2008, fire brigades trained: At least 100 community members have been trained and equipped to combat bushfires. |
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| However it's important to be aware of potential environmental hazards, such as bushfires, rough surf and extreme desert heat. |
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| Between 25 and 50 per cent of bushfires attended by fire authorities are the result of deliberate lightings. |
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| Australia also heavily relies on LULUCF, on the condition that changes in carbon sinks due to bushfires are not accounted for. |
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| Generally, very few ideas conceived in the aftermath of bushfires have been converted into bushfire protection technologies. |
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| Reduced water availability, wind damages, higher temperatures, increased bushfires and greater disease pressure will lead to damage to forests. |
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| Uncontrolled bushfires, illegal fishing and transhumance are also threats to the natural values of this site. |
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| These, the worst bushfires in Australia's history, have claimed many lives in horrible circumstances. |
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| Explosions frequently occur during bushfires in eucalyptus forests where the volatile oils in the tree tops suddenly combust. |
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| Victorias air defence against bushfires has been boosted with the arrival of two of the worlds biggest firefighting aircraft. |
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| Australian firefighters continue to scramble and contain the worst bushfires in the country in 30 years. |
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| Higher temperatures are not the only cause of bushfires, she said, with rainfall and winds among the other factors. |
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| State officials said Saturday it was the worst fire conditions they had seen since the 1983 bushfires of Ash Wednesday. |
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| The main reasons for this growth in the number of bushfires are the expansion of the agriculture frontier and, occasionally, droughts. |
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| Residents have returned to the small Tasmanian town of Dunalley in Australia to assess the damage caused by bushfires. |
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| Project Vesta has been Australia's most extensive research exercise into intense bushfires in dry eucalypt forests. |
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| But he said that bushfires were not the only risk. |
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| Will people be reassured that they can adapt to losing their homes and livelihoods in bushfires and floods or have the supply of staple food crops disrupted? |
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| This was the same false logic Abbott employed a few months ago when he flat out denied any link between bushfires and human-caused climate change. |
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| These open areas might also facilitate the progression of bushfires. |
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| Australians live with the risk of bushfires. |
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| These helicopters were also sent to New Caledonia last year to supplement the local resources during the spread of major bushfires from the north to the south of the island. |
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| The results of the efforts of the people of Goziri have been laudable and worthy of emulation because for 15 years, since the inception of the process, no village within the area has had any incidence of bushfires. |
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| Furthermore, local communities permanently informed on how to manage bushfires better: A radio program in local languages is available for the communities. |
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| The severity of ferocious bushfires in Australia a few weeks ago shocked probably everyone but especially people in countries that deal with wildfires. |
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| Major bushfires, probably ignited by militiamen, erupted in the sector in July 2004 and were brought under control with the help of the local population. |
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| The people of Goziri need to ensure that after the withdrawal of external intervention, they will be able to control bushfires or prevent them spreading from neighbouring communities. |
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| On 10 December, deputy head of mission to the French embassy, Mr Marc Trouyet, visited Strathewen Primary School, one of three schools destroyed in the bushfires. |
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| Given Australia's tendency to suffer extreme bushfires and weather events, it is also keen to ensure that only emissions resulting from human activity are counted against its future international emissions obligations. |
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| Many homes, a great deal of property and a number of lives were lost as a result of the bushfires in this country. |
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