SYDNEY: Bird populations in Australian rainforests have failed to rebound from the bushfires that tore through large swathes of the nation more than two years ago, according to a new study.

The report, published in Global Ecology and Conservation and released on Thursday, investigated the unprecedented impact of the 2019-2020 "Black Summer" fires on the Gondwana Rainforests, which stretched about 366,500 hectares across the states of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.

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