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The Leeuwin Group
The Leeuwin Group (TLG) is an independent group of concerned scientists who are committed to the conservation and protection of Western Australia's biodiversity and natural environment.
TLG's purpose is to: Provide high-level independent scientific commentary and advice on environmental matters to Government, industry, environmental organisations and managers.
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Fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline
With a decline in rainfall in southwest Australia and higher incidence of wildfires there is a growing interest and perceived need for the deployment of planned fire as a tool to reduce fuel loads
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- 'Fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline' as a Key Threatening Process - Submission to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee from The Leeuwin Group of Scientists
- Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned
- Self-thinning forest understoreys
- Submission to: Royal Commission into Natural Disaster Arrangements 2020
- Understanding the long-term impact of prescribed burning in mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots, with a focus on south-western Australia 2018
- Proposed national heritage listing for "The Kwongkan (Southwest Australia)" 2017
- Submission to: Independent Scientific Panel Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation in Western Australia 2017
- Leeuwin Group Comments on Biodiversity Conservation Bill 22 March 2016