Seminar and informal discussions
This seminar (June 21 2012) examined forests and conversion
technologies for the emerging bio-economy. Dr Florian Graichen,
senior research scientist, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering,
was the presenter, sharing his experience in this field as a
chemist with an eye on potential feedstocks from plantations and
other forests.
Environmental science seminar
This presentation on the adoption of community engagement (CE)
in Australian forest plantation companies(16 May 2012), provided an
overview of the impact of corporate culture on CE adoption within
Australian forest plantation companies. CE is essential for
sustainably managed forestry. It is essential for ethical
management and to ensure positive relationships with a
company’s stakeholders. Previous research has identified that
CE by plantation companies can be limited by corporate culture.
Melissa discussed the various attributes of corporate culture that
can influence a company’s commitment to CE, including
management commitment and company formal processes. She provided an
overview of her PhD research, investigating the corporate culture
of two Australian plantation forest companies.
Forestry talks
This talk (28 March 2012) covered the topic 'Carbon
substitution—the real carbon value in forest management'. Dr
Martin Moroni reviewed recent recent work on forest carbon
stocks, and suggesedt that it is the use of forests that will give
the best benefits for mitigating climate change.
Forest Engineering Diploma consultation meetings
The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), in cooperation with
the CRC for Forestry, won a Fullbright Grant to assist in the
exploration of establishing a post-secondary training program for
forest operations/forest engineering in Australia. The grant
has supported Prof. Loren Kellogg's efforts to carry out a scoping
exercise with USC in consultation with forest industry stakeholders
in Australia.
Consultation meetings were held across Australia through
February and March.
Forestry Talks
This seminar (22 February 2012) looked at fire and regeneration
in wet forests. Robyn Scott, Forestry Tasmania Research Officer,
Variable Retention Silviculture, explained how new 'slow-burning'
methods are allowing good forest regeneration when alternatives to
clearfelling are employed.
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School of Plant Science seminar
This seminar (9 December 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart)
was presented by Corey Hudson who gave his final PhD seminar on
'Eucalyptus genomics: linkage mapping, QTL analysis and population
genomic studies'.
Forestry Talks
This seminar (7 December 2011, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart)
examined the topic 'Sustaining sustainability'. With society's
expectations of forestry changing faster than the trees can grow,
Dr Simon Grove (Manager, Forestry Tasmania Sustainability Branch)
looked at the never-ending journey of sustainable forest
management.
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Forestry Talks
This seminar (9 November 2011, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart)
examined eucalypt plantation water use in Tasmania
Forestry Tasmania's hydrologist, Dr Sandra Roberts, presented
new data on the water use of eucalypt plantations in the Florentine
Valley.
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Forestry Talks
This seminar (12 October 2011, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart)
examined the value of forest plantations in Tasmania. Dr Paul
Adams, Principal Research Scientist—Plantations, discussed
the development of tree plantations of the past 80 years in
Tasmania, and their role, importance and value to the environment,
the community and industry.
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CRC Forestry Ltd AGM
The CRC for Forestry's AGM was held on 28 October in
Canberra.
Enquiries to Corinne Hamilton, CRC Company Secretary –
corinne.hamilton@crcforestry.com.au
Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
This seminar (7 October 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart) was
presented by Dr Sarah Munks, Forest Practices Authority, Hobart.
Seminar, School of Economics and Finance, University of
Tasmania
This seminar (23 September 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart)
examined sustainable small holder forestry. It was presented
by
Associate Professor Steve Harrison, editor of Small Scale
Forestry
Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
The topic of this seminar (23 September 2011) was "A Churchill
Fellowship: visiting centres of Eucalyptus research to learn
techniques for the analysis of the eucalypt genome sequence". It
was presented by Dr Rebecca Jones.
Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
This seminar ( 16 September, 2011, University of Tasmania) was
presented by Dr Matt Hamilton, and examined the genetic variation
in susceptibility of Mycosphaerella Leaf Disease in eucalyptus
globulus.
As well, Peter Harrison presented an Honours introductory
seminar on population genetics of
Eucalyptus cordata.
Seminar: School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
This seminar (9 September 2011, University of Tasmania) was
presented by PhD candidate Michael Todd and examined distribution
and ecology of a threatened nocturnal bird, the Tasmanian masked
owl.
Forestry Tasmania National Science Week forestry talk
This seminar (17 August 2011, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart) looked
at measuring carbon exchange in the forests of southern
Tasmania.
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Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
This seminar (19 August 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart)
examined how adaptive management can bridge the gap between forest
science and practice - a case study using timber harvesting in
old-growth forest. It was presented by Dr Steve Read, Chief
Scientist, Forestry Tasmania.
Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
This seminar (2 September 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart)
looked at the effects of wildfire on forest landscape dynamic in
Portugal. It was presented by Professor Joaquim Sande Silva,
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal.
Seminar: Socioeconomic impacts of forest industry
change
This seminar (27 July, School of Art, Hobart, 11 August,
University of Tasmania, Launceston) looked at socioeconomic impacts
of forest industry change, and was presented by Dr Jacki Schirmer,
CRC for Forestry, and Fenner School of Environment and Society,
Australian National University.
Decision makers have been urged to use the findings of new CRC
for Forestry research to inform distribution of financial and other
assistance as part of implementing Tasmania’s ‘forests
peace deal’. The research shows that job loss in
Tamania’s forest industry has accelerated in recent months.
The research has analysed the vulnerability of people and
communities dependent on the industry to future changes, such
as those that will occur under Tasmania’s ‘forest peace
deal’.
Areas examined by the research include:
• What is the rate of job loss in the
industry and which workers and businesses are most vulnerable to
further change?
• Which Tasmanian communities are most
exposed to the impacts of forest industry job loss and flow-on
effects?
• What impact on the industry has resulted
from continued uncertainty?
• What support is needed for businesses,
workers and communities?
Dr Jacki Schirmer leads the ‘Communities’ research
project at the CRC for Forestry, and is a Research Fellow at the
Australian National University. Her research examines the
socioeconomic impacts of plantation forestry and other types of
land use change. For the past decade she has researched social
dimensions of forestry, fishing and agriculture, including the
socioeconomic impacts of changing land use from traditional
agriculture to plantation forestry, community engagement
strategies, and farmer adoption of revegetation and commercial tree
planting.
This research was part-funded by the Federal Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), to enable the study to
form part of the due diligence assessment of the Tasmanian Forest
Principles Statement. The seminar was presented by the CRC for
Forestry as part of the ‘Communities’
project.
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the seminar flyer.
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seminar presentation.
Seminar: FWPA R&D Works
The topic of this seminar (25 July, CRC/CSIRO) was 'Technical
tools for you'.
For further information, download the seminar
flyer.
Seminar: Chinese eucalypt plantation industry
This seminar (15 July, CRC/CSIRO) looked at recent developments
in the Chinese eucalypt plantation industry and the rise of
eucalypt veneer. It was presented by Roger Arnold, Senior
research scientist, China Eucalypt Research Centre.
Symposium: Managed regrowth forests in Australia
This symposium (14July to 15 July, Melbourne University)
examined managed regrowth forests in Australia: reassessing their
multiple roles and values in a sustainable future
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the event flyer
The Royal Society of
Tasmania, Winter Lecture Series 2011—Forests and carbon
[download the
flyer]
Session one was held on 21 June 2011, and covered the following
topics:
- What price for carbon? Mr Tim Woods,
CarbonEdge
- How much carbon is in our forests? Dr Martin
Moroni, Forestry Tasmania
- Implications of rising CO2 levels for forest
productivity A/Prof. Mark Hovenden, University of
Tasmania
Session two was held on 19 July and covered the followeing
topics:
- The Kelty report - Implications for forest
policy Mr Alistair Graham, Natural Resource Planning
- Maximising soil carbon: can soil carbon storage offset
rising CO2 ? Dr Jen Schweitzer, University of
Tasmania
- Bushfires and carbon release Professor David
Bowman, University of Tasmania
Seminar: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
Topic: Deforestation, forest degradation and
conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
Presenter: Prof Mark Cochrane, South Dakota
State University, USA.
Date: Thursday 23rd June
Time: 4 pm
Venue: Life Science Lecture Theatre 2,
University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Hobart
The Royal Society of Tasmania, Winter Lecture Series
2011—Forests and carbon
[download the
flyer]
The first session was held on 21 June 2011, and covered the
following topics:
- What price for carbon? Mr Tim Woods,
CarbonEdge
- How much carbon is in our forests? Dr Martin
Moroni, Forestry Tasmania
- Implications of rising CO2 levels for forest
productivity A/Prof. Mark Hovenden, University of
Tasmania
Session Two: Tuesday 19 July 7.30 pm
Venue: Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of
Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Chair: Professor Peter Rathjen, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Tasmania
- The Kelty report - Implications for forest
policy Mr Alistair Graham, Natural Resource Planning
- Maximising soil carbon: can soil carbon storage offset
rising CO2 ? Dr Jen Schweitzer, University of
Tasmania
- Bushfires and carbon release Professor David
Bowman, University of Tasmania
School of Plant Science seminar
The topic of this seminar (20 May 2011, University of Tasmania,
Sandy Bay campus, Hobart) was tree rot.
Plant Science seminar
This topic of this seminar (13 May 2011) was "From Science to
Practice".
Crawford School Dialogue: Australia's role in reducing regional
deforestation
This dialogue (13 May 2011, ANU Campus) addressed the question:
What, if anything, should Australia do to limit the process of
deforestation and forest degradation in neighbouring
‘rainforestnations' - especially Indonesia and Papua New
Guinea?
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the event flyer.
Research symposium (Edith Cowan University): Bushfire
smoke issues
This symposium (28-29 April 2011, Edith Cowan
University, Joondalup, Western Australia) looked at techniques to
assess and predict bushfire smoke as well as analysing the health
and environmental impacts.
Download
the program here.
CRC for Forestry seminars: Landholder perceptions of tree
planting for carbon sequestration
Landholder perceptions of tree planting for carbon sequestration
were the subject of a seminar series presented by the CRC for
Forestry in March and April. The seminars presented the
results of a study aimed at understanding landholder
perceptions about this type of tree planting, barriers and
incentives for adoption, the economic models preferred by
landholders, and how landholders prefer to receive information
about tree planting for carbon sequestration.
The research was undertaken by Dr Jacki Schirmer (leader of the
CRC’s Communities research) and CRC Board member Dr Lyndall
Bull, who received a 2009 Science and Innovation Award for Young
People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to support the
project.
Further seminars may be held in Western Australia and
South Australia.
You can view the powerpoint
presentation of the seminar here. Or download the seminar
flyer.
South Australia and Western Australia: To
register your interest in attending a possible session in these
states, please email crcforestry@crcforestry.com.au
with your name and contact phone number.
Forestry Tasmania 'Forestry Talks' seminar: Dynamic
landscapes and the resilience of nature
Dr Simon Grove and Dr Jayne Balmer
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.
Venue: National Forest Learning Centre,
Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville St, Hobart
Date: Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Time: 1 pm (approx 30 minute
presentation)
Bookings are advisable for larger groups Phone 1800 Forest or
(click here) to reserve a seat. There will be a BBQ
after the presentation. (Gold coin donation to charity is
appreciated.)
See the Forestry Tasmania website for more
details.
Forestry Tasmania 'Forestry Talks' seminar: Fire, carbon, burning
and regeneration
Fire and carbon are at the heart of forest management in
Tasmania. At this seminar (23 March, Forestry Tasmania) Dr Steve
Read outlined how the fire-dependent nature of eucalypt forests
links these issues, and leads to development of sustainable
harvesting systems
See the Forestry Tasmania website for more
details.
Free seminar by David Ellsworth, Hawkesbury Institute for
the Environment, University of Western Sydney
Venue: CSIRO conference room, College Crescent,
Hobart
Date: Thursday 24 February 2011
Time: 9.30am
Topic: Beyond 2050: mechanisms of Eucalyptus
plantation adjustments to atmospheric and climatic change from the
Hawkesbury Forest Experiment
Abstract: As atmospheric CO2 concentration rises,
plants have a suite of responses to this atmospheric and climatic
change that are understood via their photosynthetic adjustments.
Here, I ask if further increases in photosynthesis in selected
plantation Eucalyptus species are possible beyond those which have
occurred to the present-day atmospheric CO2 concentration, and
explore how those responses relate to other aspects of ecosystem
function. I will describe the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment and how
current fundings from that experiment can inform our ability to
adapt tree growing practices to cope with future atmospheric and
climatic change. Whilst the short-term mechanism of photosynthetic
response would suggest a large CO2 stimulation effect in
interaction with some other climatic stresses (drought and
warming), the longer-term responses are different. These findings
have relevance to understanding what gains in C sequestration are
possible under futuristic conditions and how they can be
appropriately represented in ecosystem models.
Forestry Tasmania 'Forestry Talks' seminar:
Ecologically sustainable forestry – comparisons
between western USA, Canada and Tasmania
Dr Sue Baker
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.
Venue: National Forest Learning Centre,
Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville St, Hobart
Date: Wednesday, 16 February
2011
Time: 1 pm (approx 30 minute
presentation)
Bookings are advisable for larger groups Phone 1800 Forest or
(click here) to reserve a seat. There will be a BBQ
after the presentation. (Gold coin donation to charity is
appreciated.)
Download the flyer
here.
See the Forestry Tasmania website for more
details.
Forestry Tasmania 'Forestry Talks' seminar: Social benefits and costs of plantations for
rural communities
19 January 2011
Presenter: Dr Jacki Schirmer, Research Fellow, ANU College
of Medicine, Biology and Environment, and Project Leader of
Communities Project, CRC for Forestry
Jacki will discuss recent research on how plantation
developments impact on rural communities
Forestry Talks free seminar: What do people want from native
forests?
8 December 2010
by Dr Kathryn
Williams, CRC for Forestry, and Senior Lecturer, Human Dimensions
of Natural Resource Management, University of Melbourne
Kathryn will discuss social research into the different ways people
view native forests and their management.
Forestry Talks free seminar: Fungi and munching mammals, how can good
genetics protect our
plantations?
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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.
Forest Industry Council of Tasmania — Biomass energy
forum 20 October 2010 Hobart
Biomass systems used in Europe with potential for Australian
application
Presenters: Mark Brown and Mohammad
Ghaffariyan, CRC for Forestry, Andrew Lang, chair of SMARTimbers
marketing cooperative and board member of World Bioenergy
Association http://ffic.com.au/biomass_energy_forum
Free public lecture as part of the Sir Mark Oliphant IUFRO
conference 'Canopy processes in a changing climate' 7 October
2010
'Forests as carbon sinks - benefits and consequences' was
presented by Dr David Whitehead of Landcare Research, New
Zealand, at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Download the flyer
here.
Forestry Tasmania 'Forest Talks' Seminar: 'High-value
products from hardwood plantation timber'
Wednesday 15th September
2010
Venue: National Forest Learning Centre,
Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville St, Hobart
Presenters: Dr Paul Adams, Principal
Research Scientist, Plantations; and Dr Matt Wood, Research
Scientist, Silviculture
Seminar by CRC for Forestry and Forestry Tasmania carbon
scientist, Martin Moroni: 'Climate
change and the carbon cycle'
Wednesday 18th
August
Martin discussed the science linking forests, greenhouse gases,
climate change and the carbon cycle.
Venue: National Forest Learning Centre ,
Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville St, Hobart
PhD introduction seminar by CRC for Forestry student, Matt
Larcombe
Friday 13 August 2010
'Managing gene flow from plantation to native
eucalypts'
Venue: Life Sciences Lecture Theatre 2, Level
2, Life Sciences Building, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay,
Hobart
ANU forest policy
forum
Wednesday 23rd June 2010:
'Australia's forest policy: Who should grow our wood?'
Venue: Spark-Helmore Lecture Theatre, Building
6a, Fellows Rd, ANU
For more information, download the flyer
here.
Annual Science Meeting 2010
The CRC for Forestry's 2010 Annual Science Meeting was held in
Fremantle, Western Australia from 18 to 20 May 2010.
