The Impact of the 2019/20 NSW Bushfires on the Environment

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  1. Hi, My name is Gabriel and this is my presentation
  2. for educators enquiring about the world in the astronomy and
  3. environment bushfires air naturally occurring phenomenon resulting in disaster if
  4. not quickly detected and contained.
  5. The New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
  6. stays that bushfires composed negative effects upon flora, fauna as
  7. well as the quality of air, soil and water.
  8. Between July 2000 and 19 in March 2000 and 20
  9. New South Wales experienced an unprecedented number of extreme wildfires.
  10. These catastrophic fights have resulted in substantial environmental impacts.
  11. The New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
  12. stays at the 2000 and 19 and 20 New South
  13. Wales bushfires have imposed negative impacts on animals, plants, soil,
  14. water and inequality.
  15. Over one billion animals died as a result of the
  16. fires. These high severity bushfires ultimately led to the destruction
  17. of flora, including former habitat.
  18. The New South Wales government outlines had these unprecedented bushfires
  19. have led to the destruction of vegetation, soil origin and
  20. falling ash.
  21. Rainfall, which occurred after the bushfires and an increased use
  22. off water resulted in water runoff which contained soil leaves,
  23. ash and other burnt debris and traveled directly to waterways,
  24. imposing an immediate effect upon water quality.
  25. Further to this, aquatic spaces are affected due to decreased
  26. oxygen levels in water as Martin Australia states that due
  27. to the poor air quality caused by the smoke from
  28. the fires, major sporting matches, flights and outdoor events were
  29. canceled during the 2000 and 19 and 20 bushfire season.
  30. The air quality index of New South Wales exceeded a
  31. writing off 2500 more than 10 times the hazardous writing.
  32. Possible drought, wind speed, extreme dry conditions, heat and decrease
  33. fuel moisture content were major contributors to the unprecedented fire
  34. season. All of these are contributing factors which caused the
  35. bushfires of New South Wales to accelerate in a little
  36. amount of time.
  37. Why should we care?
  38. Well, let's put it into perspective.
  39. If the government and the community are not working together
  40. today, Chrissy effects of this naturally occurring wildfires, then imagine
  41. the damage that will be done.
  42. The 2000 and 19 and 20 bushfires killed over one
  43. billion animals and burnt over 5.4 million hectares of land.
  44. It is imperative that we should strive to protect our
  45. beautiful land as best as possible to decrease the loss
  46. of human and animal lives, land and property.
  47. Through the study off this catastrophic issue, there are many
  48. prevention strategies that can be put into place.
  49. Aboriginal people play a crucial role in the prevention of
  50. bushfires during the effective land management strategies.
  51. New South Wales needs to understand and embrace aboriginal knowledge
  52. in the connection to land.
  53. The George Institute explores the significance of aboriginal people and
  54. their knowledge of name management and working with them to
  55. enact better fire prevention strategies for any potential bushfire to
  56. occur. The presence of fuel is to be in the
  57. surrounding environment.
  58. Therefore, as wildfire prevention, Australia states land management assists in
  59. decreasing the risk off another bushfire through incorporating land management
  60. strategies, the presence of fuels in the surrounding area will
  61. be lessened, the spread of bushfires will become slower and
  62. firefighters will have easier access routes to extinguish and attentive
  63. fires quicker than usual.
  64. The main contributors to the New South Wales 2000 and
  65. 19 and 20 bushfire season was high wind speeds, heat
  66. and drought, all natural factors out of human control.
  67. Humans are able to minimize the risk of another wildfire,
  68. however, are unable to entirely prevent another fire.
  69. Through these prevention strategies, fires will be mitigated rather than
  70. prevented.