A group of researchers look up from the forest floor in Victoria.

Forests & fire

Forests provide ecosystem services that are critical to humans and the sustainability of our environment. Our research focuses on management of critically important native forests and woodlands, including forest ecology, landscape restoration, wildlife conservation, ecologically sustainable forestry, and the effects of fire and climate.

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Forests provide ecosystem services that are critical to humans and the sustainability of our environment. Our research focuses on management of critically important native forests and woodlands, including forest ecology, landscape restoration, wildlife conservation, ecologically sustainable forestry, and the effects of fire and climate.

Projects

Widespread death of eucalypts has been observed in forested landscapes across Australia, including the alpine regions of Victoria, NSW and the ACT.

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Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students

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Developing machine learning algorithms to identify forest structural characteristics from earth observation data on a regional scale, Australia

Student intake

Open for Honours students

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The Fenner School has a number of projects that examine bushfires – how it behaves, its effects on the landscape and ecosystems, and how we can monitor and manage it in natural and built environments.

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students

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A variety of projects that can explore the genetics; growth and survival; or management of a wide range of rare and endangered tree species (including Wollemi Pine).

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

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Informing the re-emergence of First Nations burning in contemporary endangered woodlands in south-eastern Australia

Student intake

Open for PhD students

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The main aim of this project is to examine the flammability of eucalypt tress from three different perspectives: their biochemical composition, their spectral response, and their combustion behaviour.

Student intake

Open for PhD students

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Academic staff

News

New research suggests some Australian ecosystems are more threatened than might be suggested by looking at vegetation loss alone. 

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The ANU Research Forest at the National Arboretum Canberra is proving to be an ideal place to "see" trees and forests in a new way.

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Researchers at ANU have found the current management practices in the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria's Central Highlands don't stack up economically.

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Researchers have found large old trees need greater long-term protection from the threat climate change and logging if they are to be saved for future generations.

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Fires raging across the countryside through forests and farms create headlines around the world when they invade cities and towns and create mayhem. 

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Dr Geoff Cary, who leads an international consortium of bushfire computer modellers, is looking at the impacts of fire around the world.

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