australia wildfires

Question 1

when were the australian wildfires

Answer 1

black summeer
december 2019 - jan 2020

Question 2

how many died

Answer 2

33
and 450 from smoke inhalation

Question 3

how many homes were impacted

Answer 3

3,000

Question 4

give 3 environmental impacts of the wildfires

Answer 4

-80,000 farm animals killed
-more than 10 million hectares burned
-1/2 koala population died in south aus.

Question 5

how did the australian government respond - environment

Answer 5

gave $50 million investment to protect and restore wildlife

Question 6

how did the australian govenment respond - money

Answer 6

$2 billion recovery fund to help
families, farmers, businesses recover

Question 7

what are the fire seasons like in south east australia now

Answer 7

start 3 months earlier
finish 1 month later

Question 8

after the 2009 fires, how did australia mitigate the impacts of future bushfires

Answer 8

-encourage homeowners to get insurance for cost of rebuilding
-ensure new homes defendable space to fight fire
-building w fire retardant construction materials

Question 9

what have there been calls for to better manage the fires since 2019/20 incident

Answer 9

more professional, less fragmented better funded fire fighting force

Question 10

how much of the forest is flammable eucalpt?

Answer 10

3/4