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The identification of regions where severe fire regimes affect red meat producers: project extension

Project start date: 15 December 2013
Project end date: 19 August 2014
Publication date: 01 July 2014
Project status: Completed
Livestock species: Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle
Relevant regions: National
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Summary

​This project found that for most bioregions in northern Australia, where cattle properties had had
substantial areas of clay soils, the fire frequency on those areas was slightly below recommended
practice for grazing land management. On coarser-textured soils, fire frequencies were generally
well above recommendations. This indicates that fire frequency on those soil types could be
reduced and achieve emissions abatement without deleteriously affecting grazing land
management.​

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Project manager: Tom Davison
Primary researcher: CSIRO