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Tasmania’s Ancient Bushfire Heritage – 1st June 2010

June 1, 2010

Presentation by Tony Mount

The Royal Society Room

Tuesday, 1st June 2010 Commencing 8.00 pm until 10.00 pm

 

About the Speaker

After moving to Tasmania, Tony took a MSc in Forest Ecology at the University of Tasmania 1966. He visited and lectured at all four British Forestry Schools in 1967 and was invited to Florida to address the 1969 Fire Ecology Conference on Eucalypt Fire Ecology. He taught Forest Ecology and Conservation at Melbourne University for three years from 1973. He is the author of the ‘Soil Dryness Index’, ‘Australian Bushfire Research’ and many other forest fire papers.

 

Brief Abstract of the Talk

Bushfires are usually seen purely as disasters or tragedies: however, they also have had a vital role in the regeneration, growth and health of Tasmania’s natural environment for millions of years. The lecture will address such issues as Fuels and fire behaviour, Fire effects and many others that come under these banners.

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