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Figure 31 [EXT_26a] Figure 31 Kangaroo Island dunnart, a small marsupial found only on Kangaroo Island
Table 1 Impacts of the 2019–20 fires, as of March 2020
|
Jurisdiction |
Deaths |
Homes lost |
Total native forest area burned (ha, thousand) |
Total commercial plantation area burned (ha, thousand) |
Total other forest area burned (ha, thousand) |
Total forest area burned (ha, thousand)a |
Total area burned (ha, thousand) |
Proportion of burnt area that was native forest (%) |
Proportion of burnt area that was forest (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACT |
0 |
0 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
83 |
90 |
93 |
93 |
|
NSW |
25 |
2,448 |
5,014 |
92 |
16 |
5,122 |
5,681 |
88 |
90 |
|
Qld |
0 |
49 |
367 |
3 |
0 |
370 |
419 |
88 |
88 |
|
SA |
3 |
188 |
118 |
17 |
2 |
137 |
313 |
38 |
44 |
|
Tas |
0 |
2 |
27 |
3 |
0 |
29 |
42 |
64 |
70 |
|
Vic |
5 |
405 |
1,444 |
10 |
3 |
1,457 |
1,583 |
91 |
92 |
|
WA |
0 |
8b |
1,138 |
4 |
0 |
1,143 |
2,044 |
56 |
56 |
|
Total |
33 |
3,100 |
8,190 |
129 |
22 |
8,341 |
10,173 |
81 |
82 |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory; ha = hectare; NSW = New South Wales; Qld = Queensland; SA = South Australia; Tas = Tasmania; Vic = Victoria; WA = Western Australia
- Includes native forest, commercial plantations and other forest.
- Includes 5 dwellings regarded as residences.
Source: Davey & Sarre (2020)