Why or why not? How do farmers view the costs and benefits of this activity? What factors act as incentives and barriers to landholder adoption of tree planting for sequestration? What business models do they prefer? What are the ‘adoption thresholds’ at which landholders view this activity as a viable business proposition? What extension activities are likely to be effective?
This seminar will discuss these and other related issues based on results of a 2010 study of NSW landholders exploring their views about tree planting for carbon sequestration, and outline likely challenges for making this a viable and well-adopted activity based on these results. The full results of the study will be published by the CRC for Forestry later in the year.
Presenters:
Dr Lyndall Bull has been employed at the Fenner School of Environment and Society as the Convenor of the National Forestry Masters Program for the past two and a half years, and is a Board member of the CRC for Forestry. Prior to joining the Australian National University, Lyndall worked with the plantation company, Timbercorp, where she was responsible for the research, inventory and mapping requirements of the 100,000 hectare eucalypt estate. She has also worked with the National Association of Forest Industries and URS Forestry. Lyndall’s research interests are in the areas of innovation and product development.
Dr Jacki Schirmer is a Research Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, and leads the CRC for Forestry’s ‘Communities’ research project. For the past decade she has researched social dimensions of forestry, fishing and agriculture, including the socio-economic impacts of changing land use from traditional agriculture to plantation forestry, community engagement strategies, and farmer adoption of revegetation and commercial tree planting.
Seminar details
Canberra:
Date: Thursday, 17 March 2011
Time: 1-2 pm
Venue: Forestry Lecture Theatre (Bld 48), The Australian National University
For more information visit the ANU website
Hobart:
Date: Monday, 21 March
Time: 1-2 pm
Venue: CRC for Forestry conference room , University of Tasmania (Sandy Bay campus download a campus map here)
Melbourne:
Details to be advised.
To register your interest in attending the Melbourne session, please email [email protected] with your name and contact phone number.
You do not need to RSVP
For more information, contact Jacki Schirmer 0428 254 948 or [email protected]
Or
Lyndall Bull 0409 809 897 or [email protected]
The seminars are presented by the CRC for Forestry as part of the ‘Communities’ project. For more information please visit the CRC website.
