Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0882048
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding the health effects of landscape burning and biomass smoke in Australian towns and cities. Bushfires are increasingly affecting Australian towns and cities directly and indirectly from episodes of severe air pollution. An approach to manage bushfires is to reduce fuel loads by setting planned fires under stable weather conditions, yet this strategy is controversial because of community concerns about ecological sustainability and negative health impacts from smoke. The relative importance of air pollution from planned and unplanned bushfires vs. wood heaters, agricultural burning and other sources of air pollution will be determined. Our study will enable evidence-based bushfire smoke management, help formulate national air quality standards and shape policies regarding biomass smoke and bushfire management.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2008
End Date: 12-2011
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $440,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Landscape Ecology | Fire Management | Epidemiology | Forestry Sciences
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmental health | Land and water management | Air quality |
