Date:

Thursday 19 June 2008

Time:

3.30 – 4.30pm (light refreshments will follow)

Location:

Room E2.111/111A, ATFI Building (Building E2), JCU Smithfield campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield, CAIRNS

Summary:

The tropical landscapes of North Queensland are attractive places to live. As more people move to the region, settlement density increases on the fringes of existing towns and there is greater demand for acreage blocks in rural settings. While these developments are allowed under current government policies, the social, economic and ecological consequences are poorly understood.

In this presentation Pam will describe her proposed PhD research, which will attempt to understand the changing social and physical environment ofthe Wet Tropics.

Her investigation will also explore the aesthetics of future tropical landscapes, to what extent the influx of residentswill change the character of the landscape that initially attracted them to the area and the consequences ofthese social, economic and ecological changes, which are presently poorly understood.

Speaker:

Pam Schultz

Presented by:

Australian Tropical Forest Institute (ATFI)

Contact:

Everyone welcome. A campus map with directions to the ATFI building can be downloaded (pdf file, 596 kb).

For further information and to RSVP for catering purposes, please contact Isla Grundy, Tel: (07) 4059 5008 or E-mail: isla.grundy@csiro.au