Australia’s recovery from increasingly severe bushfire seasons has entered a new phase with the deployment of autonomous reforestation drones known as AirSeeders. In the wake of record-breaking fires, Australian startups such as AirSeed Technologies have moved beyond pilot programs into large-scale ecosystem restoration. Their drone fleets are capable of planting up to 40,000 seed pods per day, a rate estimated to be around 25 times faster than manual planting with traditional tools. The system

Australia has recently announced that people with working holiday visa, backpacking across the continent can extend their stay up to 6 months if they volunteer to help with bushfire recovery. Recently, Australia suffered one of the world’s worst bushfire disasters in decades resulting in grave loss of life and wildlife. Apurwa Shrivastava | The Logical Indian

From burnt to green, timelapse footage captured in northern New South Wales shows how bushland can regenerate after Australia's intense bushfires in late 2019 and early 2020 ravaged the region. But where do those who lost their homes in the bushfires isolate in a pandemic? We speak to many who are now living in makeshift, temporary accommodation with limited heating as temperatures approach freezing: https://bit.ly/2zhplRX Credit: NSW Environmental Trust via Storyful | The Australian