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Correspondence
Nature 416, 15 (7 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416015b
Don't fight fire with fire
Rob Whelan1
- Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
The fires that ringed Sydney in December and January were as intense as any in the past 70 years (see Nature 415, 105; 2002). Over half a million hectares of bush land burnt and more than 10 times this area threatened but saved; about 100 houses were destroyed.
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