Posts Tagged ‘Forest’
ZCA Land Use sector plan: Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop
Posted in Events by Mark Ogge on June 29th, 2011
| 4 July , 2011 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop worked until 2010 as a Principal Scientist with the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Resources Management Remote Sensing Centre. He was responsible for assessing and monitoring vegetation cover, structure and trend across the state.
This involved leading a team of remote sensing scientists to develop satellite monitoring methods to cover an area of 1.7million square km. each year. Products developed by his team included a yearly assessment of forest cover and deforestation, ground cover and weed monitoring, all of which were used routinely for resource management by landholders, local, state and federal government agencies and stakeholders such as conservation groups.
Following 37 years with federal and state government in remote sensing science, Gerard is now engaged in communicating environmental issues such as deforestation, land degradation and biodiversity loss. He has presented to a parallel program by the Climate Institute during the Cancun climate summit on short-lived climate forcers, deforestation and agriculture GHG mitigation. This discussion will be particularly interesting for those contributing to the ZCA Land Use sector plan which is underway now.
Time: 6:30- 8pm Monday 4 July 2011
Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2)
McCoy Building
University of Melbourne
Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton
Thank you to the University of Melbourne Energy Research Institute, our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for joining us in bringing you this event.
Entry: Gold coin donation
Further reading:
http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/
http://www.examiner.com/green-business-in-seattle/is-meat-killing-the-pl…
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The city’s role in protecting River Red Gum Forests
Posted in Policies by Ferne Edwards on July 26th, 2007
This Press Release (below) from Environment Victoria’s website refers to people in the cities – including Melbourne – responsibilities to protect the river red gum forests. Read the Press Release below for more information.
Cities can play a part in saving river red gum forests
Thursday July 19, 2007: Environment Victoria today called on Melbourne, Bendigo and Ballarat to play a part in restoring Victorias mighty river red gum forests.
“Melbourne, Bendigo and Ballarat could have a big role to play in saving Victorias red gum forests. If those cities take water from the Goulburn they have an obligation to make sure the river is healthy,” said Dr Paul Sinclair Healthy Rivers Campaign Director.
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