Acknowledgements
Copyright
Copyright of these learning materials is the joint property of the
Tropical Savannas CRC (www.savannas.ntu.edu.au) and the
Bushfire CRC (www.bushfirecrc.com). These learning materials are to be made available for educational use to university partners in both CRCs. All other use requires permission of both CRCs.
A number of Factsheets have been prepared by Dr Kate Parr specifically for this unit and are included in these materials. Copyright for these is the same as for the other unit materials, and are only to be used with these materials.
Contributors
Individuals from these CRCs who contributed to this project, and their organisations, are acknowledged as follows.
Dr Kate Parr
Postdoctoral fellow, CSIRO and Bushfire CRC
Project co-manager, unit development, content writer, film director
Dr Lesley Instone
Educational designer, Teaching & Learning Development Group, Charles Darwin University
Project co-manager, unit development, educational design
Dr Penny Wurm
Higher Education Project Leader, Tropical Savannas CRC
Project co-manager, unit development, content development
Helen Rysavy
Web Designer, Teaching & Learning Development Group, Charles Darwin University
Website development
Dr Dick Williams
Research Scientist, CSIRO
Video field demonstrations & narration
Leanne Coleman
Media Officer, NT DIPE
Video clip production
Dr Lynda Prior
Research Associate, Tropical Savannas CRC
Unit development
Richard Mercer
Research Associate, Tropical Savannas CRC
Research assistance
Ray Jalil
Web & Multimedia developer, Teaching & Learning Development Group, Charles Darwin University
Video clip production assistance
Dr Samantha Setterfield
School of Science & Primary Industries, Charles Darwin University
Steering committee
Dr Jonathan Luly
School of Tropical Environmental Studies and Geography, James Cook University
Steering committee
Dr Manda Page
School of Natural & Rural Systems Management, University of Queensland
Steering committee
Video interviews
We would also like to thank the following people and their organisations for agreeing to interviews for this unit.
Peter Christophersen (CSIRO)
Andrew Mortimer (Voyages Odyssey Tours & Safaris)
Dr Kate Parr (Bushfire CRC/CSIRO, Darwin)
Dr Steve Petty (Heytesbury Beef, Darwin)
Strider (Solar Village, Humpty Doo)
Brent Williams (NT Bushfires Council, Darwin)
Figure credits
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Bushfire CRC, Bushfires Council of the NT, CSIRO, Leigh Hunt, Randy Larcumb, Kate Parr, Philip Stewart, Tropical Savannas CRC, US Department of Agriculture and Forests, Penny Wurm.
Unit reviewers
The following people provided valuable feed-back on a previous version of the website materials. Many thanks to them for their contribution: Dr Garry Cook (CSIRO), Andrew Craig (AgWA), Dr Gabriel Crowley (TS CRC), Leasie Felderhof (QPWS/JCU), Dr Lindsay Hutley (CDU), Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith (NT Bushfires Council), Philip Stewart (CDU; Philip also provided permission to use materials he developed for TAFE courses in fire management), Julie Grough (TS CRC) & Cheryl Arnott (CDU student & TS CRC).
