Associate Professor Kevin Tolhurst AM

School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Black Saturday: Have we fixed a flawed system?

There have been more than 50 formal inquiries into bushfire management in south-eastern Australia since 1939, but what lessons have we learned?

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Environment

Go Figure

What does a wet spring mean for bushfire season?

While wet weather makes a small impact on bushfire risk, long-term trends are much more important

Sciences & Technology

The computer program that saved a town

A fire ecologist and a programmer have teamed up to develop a tool that is changing the way we fight bushfires - for the better

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