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Mental Health of First Responders in Rural Australia: A Qualitative Exploration of Intersecting Individual, Organisational and Contextual Factors on Psychological Wellbeing

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT To explore the factors shaping mental health experiences among rural and remote first responders and to examine how organisational and contextual conditions influence psychological wellbeing. First responders are routinely exposed to traumatic events and are at elevated risk of mental health difficulties.
Rikki Jones, Kylie Rice, Debra Jackson, Kim Usher, Jamie Ranse, Aimee Gayed, Clare Sutton, Lisa Clegg, Andrew Arena   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sampson flat community bushfire experiences

, 2016
After a major bushfire impacted communities less than two kilometres from Adelaide’s suburban edge in January 2015, the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) commissioned this research to explore three key questions: what factors affected residents’
Danielle Every (9795050), Christopher Bearman (9780020), Clarkson, L, Raymond Matthews (9816830), Dawson, D, Laura Haigh (9800990), Reynolds, A, Drew Dawson (9791183), Bearman, C, Matthews, R, Larissa Clarkson (9787568), Amy Reynolds (9829703), Every, D, Haigh, L   +13 more
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Environmental DNA Assays for Conservation: Tools to Monitor Endangered and Range‐Expanding Turtle Populations

Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 5, September‐October 2026.
Three species‐specific environmental DNA (eDNA) assays targeting Myuchelys purvisi, Myuchelys bellii, and Emydura macquarii were developed. All assays were validated in silico, in vitro, and used captive individuals for ex situ testing. In situ testing occurred for M.
Jessica Alyce Tout‐Lyon, Ricky‐John Spencer, Louise M. Streeting, Deborah S. Bower, Mathew Bell, Elise Furlan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bushfire mitigation and preparation on the Toowoomba Region Escarpment: a research report for Toowoomba Regional Council

, 2020
This report was commissioned by Toowoomba Regional Council Disaster Management Officer, Jenna Buckley, to allow TRC to understand how people along the Toowoomba Region escarpment think about their bushfire risk and their role in bushfire preparation and ...
Anderson, Esther, Lokuge, Weena, Karunasena, Karu, King, Rachel, Ryan, Barbara   +4 more
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Attachment, bushfire preparedness, planning, and response among animal guardians: a South Australian case study

, 2018
Data source: Pinery survey of petownersPLOS.sav, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6297629Background: Animal ownership has been identified as a risk factor for human survivability of natural disasters.
Thompson, K., O'Dwyer, L.
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Validation of the Brief Solastalgia Scale (BSS‐Br): Psychometric evidence of environmental distress in the Brazilian population

Environmental Psychology Research, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Background/Objective Environmental degradation increasingly drives psychological distress, yet no validated Portuguese‐language instrument exists to measure solastalgia, place‐based distress caused by environmental change. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt and psychometrically validate the Brief Solastalgia Scale for Brazil (BSS ...
Lucas M. Marques, Ricardo R. Uchida, Conal Monaghan, Bruce K. Christensen, Bianca A. Mangerona   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising and measuring householder bushfire (wildfire) risk perception: The householder bushfire risk perception scale (HBRPS-4)

, 2022
With increasing numbers of householders living in high bushfire (wildfire) risk areas, there is a need to better understand householders' bushfire risk perceptions. In the community bushfire safety research literature, there appears to be no consensus on
Christopher Bearman (9780020), A Hall (7799822), J McLennan (9866186), MD Marques (9866189)   +3 more
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Wildfire Impacts on Hydrology: A Forested Catchment Case Study in Temperate Australia

Hydrological Processes, Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2026.
Immediately after a wildfire (Scenario 1), surface runoff increased by 34.65%. In Scenarios 2 and 3, it increased slightly (0.96%), while in Scenario 4, it rose 1.04% then decreased as vegetation resprouted. Evapotranspiration decreased by 10.27% immediately after the wildfire, then increased by 1.58%, 0.27%, and 0.84% for Scenarios 2, 3, and 4 ...
Negash Roba, Ketema Zeleke, Andrew Hall, Nigussie Haregeweyn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Topic: Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation Practices to the Effects of Land Degradation on Livelihoods in Semi‐Arid Ghana

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 15, Page 11459-11473, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah, Raymond Agyepong Antwi, Miriam Afi Kosi, Makemie Jumanne Mabula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dichotomies of Crisis: Different Yet Valid Realities of the Lindt Café Siege

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Over a decade after the Lindt Café Siege saw a lone gunman take hostage 18 people over a 16‐h period resulting in two deaths, the decisions and actions from police and emergency services continue to be scrutinised. When such volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous events occur, they give rise to dichotomies in the perception of (i) crisis; (
Dimitra (Jenny) Cartwright, Greg Drummond   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source