Forestry Talks 2010/11

Forestry Talks 2010/11 

Listed below are the Forestry Talks presented by the Division of Forest Research & Development during 2010/11 t

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 Talks already presented in this series

• August 18 – (National Science Week)
  Dr Martin Moroni
  Climate change and the carbon cycle
  
• September 15
  Dr Paul Adams and Dr Matt Wood
  High-value products from hardwood plantation timber
  Paul and Matt present results from recent trials.
  
  
• October 13
  Dr Tim Wardlaw
  How do pests, diseases and wood value affect which eucalypt we grow?
  Tim discusses the best choice of eucalypt species to plant by comparing the value of wood produced and the impacts of pests and diseases.
  
  

• November 17
  Professor Brad Potts and Dr Dean Williams
  Can good genetics protect our plantations from fungi and munching mammals?
  The natural chemical and physical defences that eucalypts employ against pests and diseases - how they are inherited and how they could be used to benefit plantation forestry.
  

• December 8
  Dr Kathryn Williams
  University of Melbourne
  What do people want from native forests?
  Kathryn will discuss social research into the different ways people view native forests and their management.
  

• January 19
  Dr Jacki Schirmer
  ANU  / CRC for Forestry
  Social benefits and costs of plantations for rural communities
  Jacki will discuss recent research on how plantation developments impact on rural communities
  

• February 16
  Dr Sue Baker
  Ecologically sustainable forestry – comparisons between western USA, Canada and Tasmania
  Canada, USA and Tasmania are world leaders in variable retention forestry - a harvesting approach that retains habitat and species from older forests. Sue will share findings from her recent fellowship at the World Forestry Institute, Portland, Oregon.

• March 23
  Dr Steve Read
  Fire, carbon, burning and regeneration
  Fire and carbon are at the heart of forest management in Tasmania. Steve will outline how the fire-dependent nature of eucalypt forests links these issues, and leads to development of sustainable harvesting systems 

• April 13
  Dr Simon Grove and Dr Jayne Balmer
  Dynamic landscapes and the resilience of nature
  Tasmania's forest landscapes have long been a source of inspiration for artists, as well as a source of timber. Two forest ecologists will paint a picture of how nature has fared through changes brought about by European management of the southern forest landscape.