FacebookConference Proceedings 2017
Day 1 (Tuesday 15 Aug 2017) :
Plenary Session 1 (8:15 - 10:00)
Dr. Sandra Harding - The State of the Tropics: reavealing a new global dynamic
Duncan Murray (CEO Cape York Partnership) - The Importance of Economic Development to Indigenous Affairs Reform and the Role of Timber and Forests in the Narrative.
Rob de Fégely - The Future of Forestry in Australia
Concurrent Session 1: Indigenous Commercial Forestry (10:30 - 12:00)
Rob de Fégely - Indigenous Economic Development - The Cape York Timber Story
Gina Castelain - Mining Forestry and Ecosystem Services on Wik Lands Provide Multiple Benefits to People and Country
David Lee - Developing Cape York Sandalwood for Indigenous Commercial Forestry
Mark Annandale - Bauxite Mining and Indigenous Community Forestry
John Shipp, Justin Black and Kathy Lyons - Building Aboriginal Enterprises in NSW State Forests
Luke Preece - Indigenous People Managing Their Lands for the Future
Concurrent Session 2: Certification and Sustainability impacts on Forest Practice (10:30 - 12:00)
Andrew Haywood - Illegal Logging and Legality Verification
Concurrent Session 3: Tropical Plantation Success Drivers (10:30 - 12:00)
Islay Robertson - Tropical Softwood Plantation Success Drivers
Rudolf van Rensburg - A Perspective on Tropical Plantation Development over the Past Two Decades
Plenary Session 2 (1:00-2:15)
Christine Padoch - Urbanization, Multilocality, Remittances, and Their Effects on Forests and Communities
Farwiza Farhan - Empowering Community to Protect Livelihood and Iconic Species: the case of the Leuser Ecosystem
Concurrent Session 4: Fostering International Interconnections (3:30 - 5:00)
David Wettenhall - Chinese Society of Forestry and IFA Developing Friendships
David Cassells - From Technical Assistance to Mutual Learning
Tony Bartlett - ACIARs Forestry Program and Factors Affecting Succes
Mark Brown - IEA Bioenergy: developing sustainable biomass supply through international partnerships
Concurrent Session 5: Forest Management in a Variable an Challenging Climate (3:30- 5:00)
Session Program (Presenters) Prof. Susan Laurance - Rainforest Responses to Experimental Draught
Dr. Libby Pinkard - Climate Change and Pest Risk in Australia's Plantations
Prof. John Innes - Adaptation of Asia Pacific Forests to Climate Change
Concurrent Session 6: Community Forestry (3:30 - 5:00)
Session Program (Presenters) Don Gilmour - Forty Years of Community Based Forestry: A global review on its extent, effectiveness and potential
Dr Intu Boedhihartono - Can Community Forests be Compatible with Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia
Stephen Walker - Incentivising Farmers and Communities to Plant Trees
Abdul Mutolib - Competition and Conflict between 'The State' vs. 'The Local Community'
Concurrent Session 7: Diverse Forest Issues (3:30 - 5:00)
Doland Nichols Developing and promoting market-based agroforestry and forest rehabilitation options for northwest Vietnam
Deb Sparkes Towards a more Hollistic and Consistent Approach to Prescribed Burning: the national burning project
David Bennet - Restraining Logson Trucks: how understanding the performance standard has driven innovative compliance solutions
Day 2 (Wednesday 16 Aug 2017) :
Concurrent Session 8: Education and Communication (8:30 - 10:00)
Prof. Jerry Vanclay - Creating the Future for the Forestry Profession
Dr. Chris Weston - Forestry Education Collaboration Across National Borders
Concurrent Session 9: Peat Fire Management in Indonesia (8:30 - 10:00)
Dr. Alue Dohong - Peatland Restauration in Indonesia
Prof. Grahame Applegate - REDD + and Other Research to Reduce Peat Fires in Indonesia
Dr. Laura Graham - Taking New Tropical Peat Fire Evaluation Methods Nation-wide in Indonesia
Concurrent Session 10: Innovative Forest Industry Development (8:30 - 10:00)
David Rowlinson - The Environmental and Health Benefits of Timber
Dr Lyndall Bull - Next Generation Forest Plantation Investment: a project overview
Concurrent Session 11: Community Forestry and Agroforestry (8:30-10:00)
Shankar Adhikari - A Paradigm Shift in Community Forest Management in Nepal
Kamal Melvani - Farmer's Values Driving the Rehab of Land into Forest Gardens (Sri Lanka)
Concurrent Session 12: Contemporary Themes in Australian Fire Management (10:30-12:00)
Deb Sparkes - National Positions on Prescribed Burning
Christopher Morton - A national Approach to Bushfire Fuels
Prof Jeremy Russel-Smith - Incentivising Fire Management in Fire Prone Northern Savannas and Central Australia Rangelands
Euan Ferguson - Forest Fire: Don't forget the basics
Concurrent Session 13: Forestry Role in Emissions Reduction (10:30-12:00)
Prof. ZENG WeiSheng - Developing a Biomass and Carbon Accounting System in China
Mike Berwick - Growing Carbon, Timber, Biodiversity and Improving Water Quality
Andrew Morton and Julia Fideles - The Status of REDD+ Worldwide
Majella Clarke et al. - REDD+ as a Catalist for Transformational Innovation
Concurrent Session 14: Managing Tropical Forest Conservation (10:30-12:00)
Prof. William (Bill) Jackson The State of Forest Environments in Northern Australia
Session 15: Small Scale Forest Management Issues (10:30-12:00)
Braden Jenkin - Compliance, Conformance and Collateral Damage to Small-scale Producers in a Clear-conscience World
Andrea Cornejo - A look Into Small Farmers and Landowners and Related Organisations from US Pacific Northwest and Nicaragua
Jessie Mitir - PNG Biomass: A Model for Developing Active Community Involvement in an Industrial Biomass Project in Morobe Province PNG
Carol Neal - Will Small Scale Forestry Ever be financially Viable? A Case Study - Cabinet Timber Growers in South East QLD
Concurrent Session 16: Fire as a Dynamic Process in Australian Landscapes (13:00 - 14:30)
Michelle Freeman - From Little Things Big Things Grow: Woody Plant Dynamics of Northern Australia's Mesic Savannas
John Atkinson - Recovering from Cyclone Marcia: a work in progress
Michael Hansby - Thinning and Overall Fuel Hazard in Eucalypt Regrowth Forests
Concurrent Session 17: Catchment Management for Reef and Ecosystem Services (13:00 - 14:30)
Prof Andrew Brooks - Managing Sediment Resources to the GBR
Concurrent Session 18: Forest Management and Measurement (13:00 - 14:30)
Dr. Christine Stone - A New Flexible Software Tool for Rapidly Counting Individual Trees Using Point Cloud Data from Lidar or Photogrammetry