The fires that tore through the South Coast of New South Wales in 2019/2020 hit towns on the coast and in the bush.
Within the community, homes were lost, some experienced events that left them traumatised and all inhabited a devastated landscape.
Animal habitats were also affected, and when both logging companies and urban developers began to encroach on the habitat of the critically endangered Swift Parrot, locals from the South Coast began to stand up and take action to save the home that this small bird needs in order to survive.
Content warning: this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.
Guests:
Bill Eger
Nick Hopkins
Jordan Nye
Dr. Debbie Saunders
Credits:
Producer: Alice Ansara
Executive producer and sound design: Sarah Mashman
Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Theme music by Oliver Beard
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
Management team: Abe Killian and Sime Knecevic
In co-operation with 2EAR, Moruya
This episode was made on the lands of the Walbunga and the Budawang people of the Yuin Nation and the lands of the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded
From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network.
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