NOBILO: A record number of wildfires that have been described as unprecedented are now raging across Australia. Nearly 80 separate bush fires are burning through New South Wales destroying at least 100 homes. The New South Wales Fire Service confirmed at least one person is dead and two others are unaccounted for. Firefighters are saying the flames are moving so fast they cannot get where people are trapped. The flames have even turned sky an eerie shade of orange in some communities. Now, it's something that's been banned for decades but it's still a multimillion dollar industry - Rhino Poaching for the animal's horn. Now scientists have come up with a novel and controversial way to try to disturb that trade. They have used horse hair bundled with this silk matrix to create a synthetic rhino horn. The idea is to create credible fakes is they're calling them to flood this booming market and then reduce the demand for the real thing. Let's keep in mind why rhino horn is quite so popular. It's seen as an - in China and a symbol status in Vietnam. The scientists say this, we leave it to others to develop this technology further with the aim to confuse the trade, depress prices and thus support rhino conservation. But they are facing criticism. The World Wildlife Fund says flooding the markets with fakes won't actually depreciate the proper rhino horns. And others say it's only going to hamper law enforcement efforts to crack down on illegal poaching of the trade. That's THE BRIEF. Have a very nice weekend. I'm Bianca Nobilo. "WORLD SPORT" is next.
Australia Burning: Wildfires Pose "Unprecedented Threat".