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21 Feb 2008 |
RETURN OF THE OLD
GROWTH FORESTS
After
centuries of contraction, old growth forests are on the
increase again in some countries round the world.
The keys to the resurgence of some of the best–loved and
most venerable forests are a strong economy and an
increasing skill at managing them for "old growth"
characteristics as well as for timber production, Professor
Juergen Bauhus of Freiburg University will tell the Old
Forests New Management conference in Hobart today.
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20 Feb 2008 |
NEW WAYS TO
SUSTAIN OLD FORESTS
Researchers in Australia and around the world are making
progress in understanding old growth forests – but
ultimately it’s up to the public and managers to decide how
much to protect and how to conserve it.
That’s the view of Dr Tom Spies of the US Forest Service,
a scientist long familiar with old growth forests and the
public debate surrounding them in Australia and the United
States.
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19 Feb 2008 |
VICTORIA’S
FORESTS ‘AT RISK’
The
forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands could be in trouble
under global warming - unless human intervention can help
them to keep their cool.
Forests trying to scramble higher up the mountain in
order to avoid heat and drought in the lowlands could run
out of land on which to grow, a University of Melbourne
scientist told the Old Forests, New Management Conference in
Hobart today.
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18 Feb 2008 |
OLD FORESTS AND
THE GROWING FIRE RISK
Tall
eucalypt forests require periodic burning to regenerate, so
fire management and forest management have always been
inextricably linked. However, climate change and the growing
risk of fire in highly-flammable forest landscapes are
likely to throw a spanner in the current national forests
debate for both loggers and conservationists.
The warning was sounded by Professor David Bowman of the
University of Tasmania, at the Old Forests, New Management
Conference in Hobart today.
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17 Feb 2008 |
HOT FUTURE FOR
OLD FORESTS
Handling the increased risk of catastrophic wildfires is one
of the key issues to be addressed by leading international
forest scientists gathering at the Old Forests, New
Management conference in Hobart starting today.
"Climate change is a big issue," says CRC for Forestry
CEO Professor Gordon Duff. "We’re clearly heading into a
period where our current approach to forest management is
going to be severely challenged in many ways, but
particularly by fires.
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17 Feb 2008 |
FORESTS ON THE
MARCH
A
leading international forest scientist today warned the
wholesale relocation of the world’s temperate forest tree
species may take place under climate change.
However today’s trees may have to migrate a lot faster that
the 100 metres a year which some forests achieved naturally
as the earth’s climate warmed towards the end of the last
Ice Age - if they are to keep up with currently changing
conditions, says Professor Sally Aitken of the University of
British Columbia’s Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics.
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10 Feb 2008 |
WORLD FOREST
EXPERTS GATHER
Leading international forest scientists will gather in
Hobart from 17-21 February to discuss the future of the
world’s old forests. The Old Forests, New Management
conference is the first of the Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences
on the frontiers of science and technology for 2008.
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17 Jan 2008 |
The world’s temperate forests may have to migrate to higher latitudes and altitudes as the global climate warms up. The issue of whether human intervention will be necessary to help forests cope with climate change and increased fire risk will be addressed when some of the world’s leading forest scientists gather at a conference in Hobart from 17-21 February to discuss the future of the world’s old forests.
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05 Sep 2007 |
The "Old Forests, New Management" Conference, a major international science conference to be held in Hobart in February 2008, was announced today in Hobart as part of the Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences series.
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