In the face of worsening climate disasters, the Sydney Environment Institute's Shoalhaven project seeks to understand the work being done by communities to protect animals during catastrophic fires, and how this can be better supported.

As a way of reflecting back the wealth of information community members generously shared, the research team wrote and recorded a series of vignettes incorporating key themes and findings of the project. Each story is a fictionalised representation of real events, and is an amalgamation of community members’ experiences. The characters are made up, but their experiences are based on those of our interview participants. 

Hear SEI researcher Freya MacDonald read the stories.

Stories of courage: Part one – caring for wild animals during bushfires

Rising temperatures and heatwaves; drought and interruptions to food supply; rising infectious diseases; air pollution; and extreme weather events all have a very real impact on one’s physical and mental health.

With these extreme events occurring more frequently, what effect will they have on our population?

THE SPEAKERS
- Professor Joel Negin, Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health
- Associate Professor Geoffrey Morgan, School of Public Health
- Jo Longman, Research Fellow, University Centre for Rural Health
- Dr Veronica Matthews, University Centre for Rural Health

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The Sydney Environment Institute, based at the University of Sydney, brings together leading thinkers from across disciplines to address key environmental issues.

Stories of courage: Part one – caring for wild animals during bushfires

Sydney Environment Institute

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