Back to the future: If you look at a map of destructive bushfires in Australia, a green square stands out near the center. That’s Aboriginal ancestral land, where descendants handle fire control a better way, with controlled burns well ahead of fire season. The effort may pave the way for others in a warming world. It also has attracted environmental credits, says photographer Matthew Abbott, “giving these previously disenfranchised people the opportunity to thrive and to live free.” The story, in May’s edition of National Geographic, just won the World Press Photo Story of the Year award. Read it here. (Pictured above, ranger Enosh Nadjamerrek works to extinguish a fire in the late dry season, using a leaf blower to push the fire back onto itself.)
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