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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Keywords

Firebreaks, Erosion control

Disciplines

Environmental Engineering | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Sustainability

First Page Number

710

Last Page Number

717

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

AGRICULTURAL fire risks are now greater than they have been in the past and are steadily increasing with the advance of agriculture in Western Australia.

During the past 20 years the area of cleared arable land and the area under crop have more than doubled.

The area of established pasture is four times as great as it was. Pastures and crops are much more productive —and more liable to carry destructive fires than they were.

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