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The Fenner School Seminar Series in 2008 is held on Thursdays in the Fenner School Forestry Lecture Theatre, ground level, Forestry building no. 48, Linnaeus Way (comes off Daley Road), Australian National University.
The seminar will start at 13:00 and finish at 14:00* |
* This schedule may change due to unforeseen circumstances. If you would like to be added to the notification list, please contact the Fenner School or phone: 02 61254277. Suggestions for seminars (topics and presenters) are warmly welcomed - Please communicate them to Dr Bennett Macdonald |
SEMINARS for July-Dec 2008:
July-Dec
2008 |
| 10 July |
Fire at stand and landscape scales in California forests: Management and conservation implications
Assoc Prof Scott Stephens, Visiting Fellow, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| 17 July |
Conservation and Natural History of Wild Parrots in Peru
Donald J. Brightsmith, PhDSchubot Exotic Bird Health Center, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467
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| Friday 18 July |
A 400 year drought in the Murrumbidgee catchment...and the future is?
Professor Robert Wasson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Charles Darwin University |
| 24 July
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The impact of agricultural exploitation on bird communities
Yves Bas, French National Museum of Natural History |
| 31 July |
Engaging Visions
Dr John Reid, Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, and ANU School of Art |
| Tuesday 5 August 17:00-18:00 |
Aboriginal peoples, forestry and policy in Canada: Are there lessons for Australia?
Dr Stephen Wyatt, Université de Moncton, Canada |
| 7 August |
Lessons for climate change adaptation from better management of six overseas rivers for people and nature
Mr Jamie Pittock, WWF Research Associate & PhD candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society |
| 14 August |
Challenges for building adaptive capacity for responding to rapid environmental change in Kahua, Solomon Islands
Dr Ioan Fazey, Aberystwyth University |
| 11 September |
Recent progress in modelling the elevation of the Australian continent - Version 3 of the 9 Second DEM and beyond
Professor Michael Hutchinson, Interim Director, Fenner School of Environment and Society |
| 18 September |
Trees, Truffles and Beasts
Professor Jim Trappe, Visiting Scientist, Oregon State Uni, USA |
| Wednesday 1st October 14:00-15:00 |
What's in store for trees in North America with climate change?....and Musings about research priorities for climate change impact and adaptation research
Dan McKenney, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie Great Lakes Forestry Centre
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| 2 October |
Dynamic bird migration in response to Australia's variable climate
Debbie Saunders, PhD Scholar, Fenner School of Environment and Society |
| 9 October |
An integrated catchment-scale approach to identifying suspended sediment sources
Ms Baihua Fu, PhD Scholar, Fenner School of Environment & Society |
| 16 October |
Surviving the Anthropocene: Changing our interaction with the fragile planet: sensible ways forward in response to climate change
Professor Will Steffen, ANU Climate Change Institute |
| 23 October |
Forest science, hope and consequence from John Evelyn to David Lindenmayer
Dr John Dargavel, Visiting Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society |
| 30 October |
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| 6 November |
Understanding the History of Landscape dryness and fire weather in the ACT Region
Nic Gellie, MPhil Scholar, Fenner School |
| Monday 10 November |
Balancing Conservation & Development in Africa: Lessons from Kenya's Savannas
Dan Rubenstein, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology and Chair of Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University |
| 13 November |
National freshwater conservation program in South Africa
Dr Dirk Roux, Water Research Node, Monash South Africa |
| 20 November |
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| 27 November |
People on country, healthy landscapes and Indigenous economic futures
Seán Kerins,
Research Fellow,
Centre For Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University |
| 4 December |
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| 11 December |
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| 18 December |
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