num_pages: 224
description: Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of Indigenous fire practices including improved reading of country and undertaking cool burns could help to restore our nation. Victor developed a passion for traditional cultural and ecological knowledge from a young age but it was after leaving high school that Victor met two Elders who became his mentors particularly to revive cultural burning. Developed over many generations this knowledge shows clearly that Australia actually needs fire  with burning done in a controlled manner  for land care and healing. Victors story is unassuming and honest written in a way that reflects the nature of yarning. And while some of the knowledge shared in his book may be unclear to western world views there is much evidence that if adopted it could benefit all Australians. For every copy sold Hardie Grant will donate dollar 1 to Firesticks which empowers Indigenous fire management practitioners to revive cultural burning. 
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title: Fire Country
publisher: Hardie Grant Travel