Bushland

[1] Human survival in bushland has a whole mythology evolving around it, with the stories of Aboriginal trackers and bushrangers deeply entrenched in Australian folklore.

[2] Bushland provides a number of ecosystem services including the protection of water quality, stopping erosion, acting as a windbreak, and trapping nutrients.

This presents a challenge to authorities as infrastructure and habitations encroach into bushland areas.

[4] Until recently Australia had a very high rate of land clearing, which resulted in the destruction of bushland.

[6] In New South Wales bushfires cause the greatest destruction of bushland, followed by land clearing for crops, grazing, road and buildings.