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
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.