Fire in the kimberley natural phenomenon or natural disaster?

摘要

Recent global studies suggest if it were not for fire, tropical savannas throughout medium and high rainfall areas "would convert to forest. Rangeland fire is an essential and natural process that has helped shape the rangelands for thousands of years. It creates and maintains a wide variety of habitat niches that enable a diverse range of plants and animals to nourish in the tropics. It reduces the accumulation of vegetation that can inhibit the establishment of some plant species and creates freshgrazing for many ground-feeding fauna. Periodic fire also stimulates growth and reproduction of plants. What's more, Aboriginal people have applied fire in these landscapes for many thousands of years to provide themselves "with food and other resources.