2010 Symposium
Proceedings
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Symposium - "National Parks - can they take the heat?"
07-08 May 2010Presenters Read about the authors and presenters here.
Program
Friday 7 May 2010
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Registration | Presenter | Title/Topic |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | VIP meets speakers and media | ||
| 13:10 – 13:20 | Welcome and acknowledgment of indigenous land owners | Christine Goonrey | |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Symposium opening | Mr Jon Stanhope Chief Minister ACT Government | |
| Session 1 | Chair: | Kevin McCue | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Professor Brad Pillans | Climate change on geological timescales and some implications for present and future climate change | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Roger Lembit | Climate change and the reserve system – where are we? | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Meredith Wilson | The Namadgi rock art conservation project | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tea and Photo Exhibition | ||
| Session 2 | Chair: | Christine Goonrey | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Professor Brendan Mackey | Is biodiversity doomed by climate change? | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | David Patmore | Parks Australia: Managing protected areas in a changing climate | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Sally Hunt | Hotspots fire project participants - are they good neighbours? | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Wrap up/Discussion | ||
| 18:30 Friday Night Dinner at the Turkish Pide House – cnr Barry Dr and Moore St Civic |
Saturday 8 May 2008
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
| Session 3 | Chair: | Max Lawrence | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Dr Matthew Brookhouse | The role of dendochronology in charting past climate change | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Tony O’Brien | Why are national parks yellow? | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Phillip Ingamells | Climate change and national parks: a Victorian perspective | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea and Photo Exhibition | ||
| Session 4 | Chair: | Beverley Hammond | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Professor Geoff Hope | Now you see them: will the ephemeral lakes of Namadgi National Park be lost to climate change? | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Robert Campbell | Tasmanian national parks and reserves and ongoing management issues – 2010 | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Roger Good | Predicted responses of alpine plant communities to increases in solar ultraviolet light in the Alps National Parks | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch and Photo Exhibition | ||
| Session 5 | Chair: | Chris Emery | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Dr Andrew Claridge | Clear and present danger: balancing present-day land management issues with the challenge of climate change | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Annie Bond | Prized, pretermitted or plundered? A synopsis of park management in South Australia | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Alaya Spencer-Cotton and Stuart Blanch | National parks in WA and NT | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Dr Margaret Kitchin | An overview of the development of the regional fire plans for ACT public lands | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Afternoon Tea and Photo Exhibition | ||
| Session 6 | Chair: | Judy Kelly | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Sharon Lane | Connectivity conservation in the ACT | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | John Hibberd | Conservation vision for the ACT in 2050 | |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Christine Goonrey | Valuing our national parks | |
| 17:30 | Wrap up and close | Kevin McCue |
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