# Why certain wildfires are necessary

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Jim Schulz
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_schulz_why_certain_wildfires_are_necessary)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could collect coals and burning sticks to help them cook food and clear land. Yet, it wasn’t just humans who benefited from these natural phenomena. Even as they destroyed trees, fires also helped the forests themselves. Jim Schulz outlines the benefits of wildfire. \[Directed by Iuri Araujo, Guilherme Araujo, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Weston Fonger\].

## Lectures

1. [Why certain wildfires are necessary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jim_schulz_why_certain_wildfires_are_necessary/2c97ea277ac5), 5 min (TED's player)