“In NSW, the last decade has seen more than twice the amount of prescribed burning compared to the decade before and in all mapped records of prescribed burning across NSW national parks it's the highest decade.”
Philip Zylstra
Adjunct Associate Professor. Interview with ABC Radio's RN Breakfast. Claim dated 22 Jan 2020.
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated thisFair call
In short
Philip Zylstra (Adjunct Associate Professor) made this claim around 22 January 2020. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 22 January 2020. Its rating was “Fair call”.
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- abc.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/hazard-reduction-burns-not-a-silv…
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