How Geography supports Ecology research: Central Queensland (CQ) koalas

Speakers: Dr Michael Hewson teaches environmental geography from the Rockhampton North campus of CQUniversity. Michael’s research spans the topics environmental policy, creative reflection, spatial analysis of the weather, and threatened species habitat health monitoring and mapping using satellite remote sensing. Michael' research projects involve applying GIS and satellite remote sensing to spatial analysis of Earth systems

Description: The narrative will explore how digital mapping and remote sensing support the CQUniversity-hosted Koala Research CQ team in conducting koala research. Given that the koala population in SEQ faces ongoing ecological pressures from habitat fragmentation, stress-related diseases, climate change, and vehicle strikes, can the population in and around the Clarke-Connors Range CQ serve as a species refugia, or are the Anthropogenic impacts similar?

When: 14 October 2025

Time: 7:30 - 8:30 pm AEST

8:30 – 9:30 AEDT

Location: Zoom Only

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