ESA 2006 One-day conference
Plantations - Are they Equivalent to Native Forests?
University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus
Monday 11 December 2006
An occasional paper is being developed as a result of this conference. This paper will be launched in March 2007. |
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Conference Presentations:
Due to the large file size of conference presentations - we have made a CD compilation and can send a copy of these on request. Please email our Executive Officer. Alternatively, you can contact the speakers at their email addresses below, should you be interested in their specific topic.
Please contact the speakers directly by email should you wish to use ANY information from the presentations on the CD.
the history of plantations
Professor Rod Keenan, Head of School
rkeenan@unimelb.edu.au
School of Forest and Ecosystem Science
University of Melbourne
Certifiably mad? Broad scale native vegetation clearing for
plantation establishment - certified by the interim Australian Forestry Standard
Brendan Wintle and Ross Peacock
rpeacock@rna.bio.mq.edu.au
the impacts of surrounding landscapes - paper not available
Professor David Lindenmayer
davidl@cres.anu.edu.au
Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies
Australian National University
some of the ways to improve plantations for conservation
Associate Professor David Lamb,
d.lamb@uq.edu.au
Integrative Biology School
University of Queensland
differences in invertebrate assemblages
Dr Saul Cunningham,
saul.cunningham@csiro.au
CSIRO Entomology
changes through time in plantations converted from farmland in NSW
Dr Brad Law
bradl@sf.nsw.gov.au
Forests NSW
forest ecology and biophysical functioning
Dr Albert van Dijk
Team Leader Terrestrial Ecohydrology and Remote Sensing
Land and Water, CSIRO
carbon sequestration
Dr James Watson and Dr Brendan Mackay
james.watson@wilderness.org.au
The Wilderness Society - WildCountry Coordinator
ecological determinants of lizard diversity in plantation monocultures
Beth Mott
bm14@uow.edu.au
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Wollongong, NSW
are we farming trees or creating forests?
Tina Hsu
ttth100@uow.edu.au
PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong, NSW
Conference Sponsors:
University of Western Sydney http://www.uws.edu.au/
UWS has six campuses located in the greater western Sydney region, with an enrolment of 35,000 students. The University’s mission is to be a university of international standing and outlook, achieving excellence through scholarship, teaching, research and service to its regional, national and international communities. The Ecology and Environment Research Group was established in 2005 within the School of Natural Sciences. The aim of the group is to understand the ecological processes operating in ecosystems, up to and including the landscape level, to improve our ecological knowledge of their underlying structure and function.
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Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong http://www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/icb/
Formed in 2001, the Institute for Conservation Biology and Law is one of the University of Wollongong’s major research strengths. It is unique in combining expertise in Conservation Law and Policy with strong research in Evolutionary and Environmental Biology.
The ICB aims:
* To conduct world-class research concerning the biology and conservation of Australia's native biota.
* To train research students to be highly competent researchers in this area.
* To foster inderdisciplinary research and research training, linking science with law, policy and management.
* To interact with other scientists as well as managers and policy personnel to achieve effective conservation of the Australian biota.
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