Forestry Talks 2007/08

Forestry Talks as presented by the Division of Forest Research & Development during 2007/08 are now available on a compilation DVD.

• 16th April 2008 - Denise Gaughwin
  Islands in the forests

  For over 200 years from early exploration to the present, people have seen wealth in Tasmania's forest. Denise's presents evidence of expansion and contraction of these enterprises using historic images and the archaelogical evidence.

• 19th March 2008 S Read, V Thompson, T Leaman
  Managing for eagles on State forest
  

  Three presenters discuss the management of eagles on State forest. Research into eagle populations and nesting habitats, strategic management of eagles, finding eagle nests and management for eagles in forest planning.

• 27th February 2008 Steve Read
  Old Forests, New Management - International Experience

  The 'Old Forests, New Mangement' conference held in Hobart included 160 presentations by forest scientists from 15 countries. Steve presents highlights and disusses the implications for management of Tasmania's oldgrowth forests.

• 16th January 2008 David Tuck
  International Model Forest Network

  David's presentation provides an overview of the principles and attributes of the International Model Forest Network, which is built around a commitment to the conservation & sustainable management of natural resources & the forested landscape.

• 12th December 2007 Paul Adams
  Managing Tasmanian eucalypt plantations sustainably

  Forestry is a long-term business that relies on careful management and protection of soil, water, biodiversity and landscape values. This presentation describes the plantation resource managed by Forestry Tasmania, the sustainable management practices being applied, and the science that underpins them.

• 19th November 2007 John Innes
  Forestry in a global context
  

  We usually consider forestry only in a local context, but sustainable forest management now requires managers to think about global issues of biodiversity, carbon cycles and climate change. How deep and radical will the current period of industry restructuring need to be for the forest sector to survive?
  

• 31st October 2007 John Hickey, Simon Grove & Mark Neyland
  Myths and Realities (3 short talks wrapped into one)
  

  1. Debris?That's my home you're talking about!
  A beetle's eye view on life after clearfelling.
  2. Good forestry can produce (temporarily) ugly results
  Natural can be ugly too.
  3. When will the last tree be cut down in Tasmania?
  Why forestry and deforestation are complete opposites.
  

• 7th September 2007 Ivan Tomaselli
  Future markets for plantation wood: Experiences from Brazil
  
  This presentation provides an overview of eucalypt plantations in Brazil and other tropical countries, and predicts the global markets and development of innovative processing technologies for this major timber resource.
  

• 20th August 2007 Mike McLarin
  The science behind sustainable wood supply calculations

  This talk outlines the major components involved in wood resource estimation, being areas of forest, yields of wood and forest management strategy. The concept of sustainable yield is defined and described.
  

• 30th July 2007 Bill Beese
  Clearfelling, is there a better way?

  In many cases, Forestry Tasmania thinks so. We are moving from clearfelling to new ways of harvesting old-growth. Ecologist Bill Beese helped the Canadian forest industry make the transition and now he's helping us do the same.

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