Yes Phoenix94

Tree 'higgers' (sic) such as Dr Kingsley Dixon, director of the Western Australian botanic gardens understands (unlike you) how fire is a part of the ecology of Australia's environment and plays an important part in germination and in fertility of surface soil.

Suggest you edify yourself with the following:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1147171.htm

"Many Australian plants, like the acacia, depend on the heat from fires to crack open their seeds before they can germinate.

But bushfire smoke can play an even bigger role in seed germination. So, since the 1990s scientists have been trying to identify which of the thousands of chemicals in bushfire smoke is the crucial trigger."

If you continue to accept Marohasy as an authority on anything environmental you will remain as ignorant as she.

Phoenix 94 ,

Poor fire management is the problem, not fire itself .

Open forested areas of great beauty and variety were maintained by Aboriginals all over Australia.

We invaded the place and changed the botanical balance by not burning, for fear of losing whitefellow assets either on four legs or fixed.

This had explorer Mitchell in the 1800's complaining that his wagons could not get easy passage across the terrain outside Sydney as the country was progressively eaten out and grasses were replaced by more invasive and less palatable woody species .