Bushfires and biodiversity, affected areas in Walcha, NSW, Australia

Australia has the highest fire-risk as a continent and country. Bushfires play an essential part of the natural succession within many ecosystem types such as savannas, bushland and forests. The dominating tree species from the genus Eucalypten need a certain heat for their seeds to open.

Due to changing climatic circumstances the fires have been out of control, especially on the East Coast. Approximately over 10 million hectares have burned down in Australia since 1 July 2019. As the damages are so severe it is unclear if Ecosystems are resilient enough to recover from a huge loss of biodiversity of plants, animals and insects.