On a clear day on Cape Barren Island, Truwana Rangers check the moisture levels in the ground and wind speeds before carefully lighting sections of a scrubby patch of land beside a hill overlooking the coast of their island home.

“We’ve gone up to the Top End and learnt from the traditional burners up there how to ‘cool burn’ properly so we can regenerate our land,” said Truwana (the Aboriginal name for Cape Barren Island) ranger Terry Maynard.

A series of small flames in the undergrowth mark the return of practice used tens of thousands of years ago.

Alongside the Truwana Rangers are two members of the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) who have flown to the island to take part in the burn …

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