Forestry Talks 2011/12

Listed below are the Forestry Talks to be presented by the Division of Forest Research & Development during 2011/12


March 28
Dr Martin Moroni
Topic: Carbon substitution, the real carbon value in forest management
Martin Moroni will review recent work on forest carbon stocks, and suggest that it is the use of forests that will give the best benefits for mitigating climate change

April 18

John Hickey
Topic: Silviculture, certification and social acceptability in central europe-comparisons with Tasmania.
John Hickey travelled to Germany, Ukraine and Sweden to learn why forestry in Europe enjoys strong public support, despite the much lower reservation levels in Europe than in Tasmania.

Talks already presented in this series

•  February 22
  Robyn Scott
  Topic: Fire and regeneration in wet forests - an evolving story
  Robyn will explain how new 'slow'-burning methods are allowing good forest regeneration when alternatives to clearfelling are employed

• January 18 (2012) Click here to watch the talk
  Denise Gaughwin & Dr Dianne Snowdon
  Topic: Thomas Francis Meagher: a political exile in Van Diemen’s Land
  Following an incident known as the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 Meagher was arrested, tried and convicted for sedition, and exiled to Van Diemen’s Land.

• August 17 – (National Science Week - 2011)
  Dr Tim Wardlaw - Principal Research Scientist, Biology & Conservation
  Topic: Measuring carbon exchange in the forests of southern Tasmania
  Tim reveals how FT will be measuring when forests absorbs carbon, how forests store carbon, and when forests lose carbon, using instruments on top of an 80-metre tower
   
• September 14
  Aidan Flanagan - General Manager, Forests and Forest Industry Council
  Topic: Are global biodiversity values threatened by capricious Australian forest policies?
  Aidan will discuss how policies supporting the reduction or cessation of native forest harvesting in Australia place pressure on S.E. Asia forest resources
   
• October 12
  Dr Paul Adams - Principal Research Scientist, Plantations
  Topic: Realising the value of forest plantations in Tasmania
  Paul will discuss the development of tree plantations over the last 80 years in Tasmania, and their role, importance and value to the environment, the community and industry.  
   
• November 9
  Dr Sandra Roberts
  Topic: Eucalypt plantations water use in Tasmania
  Sandra Roberts, Forestry Tasmania's hydrologist, will present new data on the water balance of eucalypt plantations in the Florentine Valley (View the Online presentation click here)
  
• December 7
  Dr Simon Grove
  Topic: Sustaining Sustainability
  With society's expectations of forestry changing faster than the trees can grow, sustainable forest management is a never-ending journey