“How to Measure Forest Carbon”

Course Program

Wednesday 14 November 2001
0900-0945 Introduction & Background Prof Ian Noble CEDAM, ANU
0945-1015 Discussion
1015-1030 Morning Tea
1030-1145 Key issues in defining and measuring forest carbon pools Dr John Raison CEDAM, ANU
1145-1245 Estimating above-ground biomass of individual trees Dr Kelvin Montagu CEDAM, ANU
1245-1345 Lunch
1400-1700 Fieldwork : sampling tree and stand biomass Dr Kelvin Montagu + Dr Cris Brack Field site
1830-2000 Icebreaker   CRC GA
 
Thursday 15 November 2001
0900-1030 Estimating above-ground stand biomass Dr Bill Burrows + Dr Kelvin Montagu +/ Dr Cris Brack CEDAM, ANU
1030-1045 Morning Tea
1045-1140 Estimating below-ground forest biomass: roots Dr Peter Ritson CEDAM, ANU
1145-1245 Estimating below-ground forest biomass: soil Dr Phil Ryan CEDAM, ANU
1245-1345 Lunch (field site)
1400-1700 Fieldwork : estimating below-ground forest biomass Dr Peter Ritson + Dr Phil Ryan + Dr Cris Brack Field site
1800-2000 Finger Supper   CRC GA
 
Friday 16 November 2001
0900-1000 Calculation and reporting of results : background Dr Kelvin Montagu + Dr Cris Brack CEDAM, ANU
1000-1015 Morning Tea
1015-1145 Calculating & reporting estimates of tree and stand biomass (hands-on) Dr Stephen Roxburgh + Dr Kelvin Montagu + Dr Cris Brack CEDAM, ANU
1145-1215 Discussion & synthesis CEDAM, ANU
1215-1330 Lunch CRC GA
1330-1425 Scaling up from the project level: remote sensing Dr Brian Turner CEDAM, ANU
1430-1515 Scaling up from the project level: remote sensing Dr Alex Lee CEDAM, ANU
1515-1530 Afternoon Tea
1530-1700 Scaling up from the project to regional level: modelling Dr Damien Barrett + Dr Gary Richards CEDAM, ANU
1700-1710 Closing Prof Ian Noble / Prof Graham Farquhar CEDAM, ANU

Note: the venue for talks, group discussion and computer work is the CEDAM Learning Studio on the ANU campus. A map will be provided to registered participants.

List of presenters:

Dr Damian Barrett, CSIRO Plant Industry
Dr Cris Brack, ANU Forestry
Dr Bill Burrows, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries
Prof. Graham Farquhar, ANU Research School of Biological Sciences
Dr Alex Lee, Bureau of Rural Science
Dr Kelvin Montagu, New South Wales State Forests
Prof. Ian Noble, ANU Research School of Biological Sciences
Dr John Raison, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products
Dr Gary Richards, Australian Greenhouse Office
Dr Peter Ritson, Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia
Dr Stephen Roxburgh, ANU Research School of Biological Sciences
Dr Phil Ryan, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products
Dr Brian Turner, ANU Forestry

 


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