Fire in the Landscape - An Expert Panel and Public Forum

When
Friday, September 20, 2024
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Gregory Place, 1/28 Fortescue St, Spring Hill Qld 4000

Registration

Public - attending – $10.00
Public - zoom – $5.00
RGSQ Member - attending – $5.00
RSQ Member - attending – $5.00
Student - attending
Student, RGSQ or RSQ Member - zoom

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The Royal Society of Queensland and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland presents:-

Photo: C.Nason

Fire in the Landscape

The Australian landscape has been formed by fire for millennia. The arrival of Europeans altered landuse and traditional management regimes. Recent global warming and increasing populations in fire-risk zones pose new challenges along with potential conflicts between agricultural production and conservation. A public forum on the management of fire in the landscape will address some critical questions including:

Is the knowledge of the past appropriate for the future?
What do we know, what do we need to know, and what science do we need to develop appropriate landscape policy?”
How do we balance the values and needs of different stakeholders in managing fire in today’s landscape?

A panel of expert speakers will bring different perspectives to this important subject:

A view from academia
Professor Patrick Moss, Head, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, QUT:

A view from the coal face
Mr. Alistair Hartley, National fire program officer for Bush Heritage Australia:

Balancing policy and practice
Mr. Lee Johnson, Former Fire Commissioner Qld and founding member of emerging leaders for climate action:

* This event may be recorded

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Patron
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM, Governor of Queensland