“Doing something that is so novel, and something where we could probably start making changes now, is super exciting.”

In this episode of our podcast, Ecology Matters, meet student Ebony Potts.

Tropical forests are increasingly at risk of fire, largely as a result of climate change and the impact of agricultural and logging practices. Ebony completed her Honours research looking at the flammability of tropical forest species and has now started a PhD extending this work.

She won the 2021 Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship for this research as well as the 2020 Sir Joseph Banks Medal for excellence in Botany from James Cook University.

Over the next few weeks, meet ecologists from around Australia, discover more about their work, what their hopes and fears are for the future of our natural world, and why they think that ecology matters. We’ll be releasing one episode each week until September!

Find Ecology Matters wherever you get your podcasts or play it directly from our website.