2010 Symposium
Proceedings
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Symposium - "National Parks - can they take the heat?"
07-08 May 2010
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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 |
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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 |
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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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