A fellow whose conversations can quickly turn
to the cause of climate change and methods of mitigation will speak in
Shepparton next month.
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| Dr Greg Moore. |
In town on Thursday and Friday,
October 17 and 18, will be Dr Greg Moore, who has an almost unrivalled
knowledge of trees in urban areas and re-vegetation.
Dr Moore will visit Shepparton to address
the Catchment Management Authority (CMA), but then, the following day he will be talking with a
group at the Shepparton University of the Third Age (U3A).
Organizer of the U3A’s Natural
Resources group, Mr John Dainton, believes Dr Moore has much to say that will
interest those keen to understand more about the implications and complications
of climate change and what role trees play in mitigating that eventuality.
The Friday, October 18, U3A event
starts at the U3A Hall in Esson St at 10am and even those who are not members
are invited to join the event and here what Dr Moore has to say.
A brief outline of Dr Moore’s
academic background is listed on the University of Melbourne website.
It says:
Greg Moore was Principal of Burnley College of the
Institute of Land Food Resources at Melbourne University from 1988 to 2007.
Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Plant Science and
Arboriculture at Burnley from 1979. He was Head of the School of Resource
Management at the University from 2002 to 2007.
Apart from a general interest in horticultural plant science, re-vegetation and ecology, Greg has a specific interest in all aspects of arboriculture, which is the scientific study of the cultivation and management of trees. He has contributed to the development of Australian Standards in pruning and amenity tree evaluation and has been a major speaker at conferences in Australia, Israel, Hong Kong, USA and New Zealand in recent years. He was the inaugural president of the International Society of Arboriculture, Australian Chapter. He has been a regular on Melbourne radio, particularly with ABC 774 and 3AW.
He has been a member of the National Trust of Victoria’s Register of Significant Trees since 1988 and has chaired the committee since 1996. Greg has been on the Board of Greening Australia (Victoria) since 1989 and has been an active member of various sub-committees. He has chaired Treenet since 2005 and has been on the Board of SGA since 2002. He is a ministerial nomination as a Trustee for the Trust for Nature. He has also served on a number of industry and TAFE sector committees, especially those that deal with curriculum and accreditation matters.
He is currently supervising six post-graduate students and continues to pursue an active research profile in any matters that relate to trees in the urban environment and revegetation. He has written one book, contributed to four others and has had some 120 papers and articles relating to tree biology and management published.
Apart from a general interest in horticultural plant science, re-vegetation and ecology, Greg has a specific interest in all aspects of arboriculture, which is the scientific study of the cultivation and management of trees. He has contributed to the development of Australian Standards in pruning and amenity tree evaluation and has been a major speaker at conferences in Australia, Israel, Hong Kong, USA and New Zealand in recent years. He was the inaugural president of the International Society of Arboriculture, Australian Chapter. He has been a regular on Melbourne radio, particularly with ABC 774 and 3AW.
He has been a member of the National Trust of Victoria’s Register of Significant Trees since 1988 and has chaired the committee since 1996. Greg has been on the Board of Greening Australia (Victoria) since 1989 and has been an active member of various sub-committees. He has chaired Treenet since 2005 and has been on the Board of SGA since 2002. He is a ministerial nomination as a Trustee for the Trust for Nature. He has also served on a number of industry and TAFE sector committees, especially those that deal with curriculum and accreditation matters.
He is currently supervising six post-graduate students and continues to pursue an active research profile in any matters that relate to trees in the urban environment and revegetation. He has written one book, contributed to four others and has had some 120 papers and articles relating to tree biology and management published.
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