Editing Controlled burn (section)

=== Greenhouse gas abatement ===
Controlled burns on Australian [[savanna]]s can result in a long-term cumulative reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. One working example is the West Arnhem Fire Management Agreement, started to bring "strategic fire management across {{convert|28000|km2|sqmi}} of Western Arnhem Land" to partially offset greenhouse gas emissions from a [[liquefied natural gas]] plant in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], Australia. Deliberately starting controlled burns early in the dry season results in a mosaic of burnt and unburnt country which reduces the area of stronger, late dry season fires;<ref name="savanna.cdu.edu.au/arnhem_fire_proj">{{cite web |title=West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project |url=http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/information/arnhem_fire_project.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127231728/http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/information/arnhem_fire_project.html |archive-date=2012-11-27 |access-date=2007-10-08 |work=Tropical Savannas CRC, Savanna Information |publisher=Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre}}</ref><ref name="Culture.ecology.economy">{{Citation |author1=Russell-Smith, Jeremy |title=Culture, ecology and economy of fire management in Northern Australia savannas : rekindling the Wurrk tradition / editors: Jeremy Russell-Smith, Peter Whitehead, Peter Cooke |year=2009 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |language=English |author2=Whitehead, Peter J |author3=Cooke, Peter}}</ref> it is also known as "patch burning".

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