Climate Change, Wildfires and Wetland Ecosystem Services

Phillipa C. McCormack
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Australia’s 2019–20 fire season has been described as the ‘Black Summer’. Vast swathes of the continent burned, including areas that have not been fire-prone in the past, such as wet rainforest and alpine wetlands. This article considers the implications of more frequent and intense wildfires for wetland ecosystems and the extremely valuable ecosystem services that they provide. The article investigates what Australia’s laws have to say about restoring ecosystem services after extreme events such as fire. In particular, the article considers the extent to which existing laws anticipate the possibility of ecosystem transformation, asking: what do our laws require if restoration is not possible?
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气候变化、野火和湿地生态系统服务
澳大利亚2019-20年的火灾季节被称为“黑色夏天”。非洲大陆大片地区被烧毁,包括过去不易发生火灾的地区,如潮湿的雨林和高山湿地。本文考虑了更频繁、更强烈的野火对湿地生态系统的影响,以及它们所提供的极其宝贵的生态系统服务。这篇文章调查了澳大利亚法律对火灾等极端事件后恢复生态系统服务的规定。特别是,文章考虑了现有法律对生态系统转型可能性的预期程度,并问道:如果无法恢复,我们的法律需要什么?
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