Background:

The overarching objective of Tasmania's forest practices system is to achieve sustainable management of Crown and private forests with due care for the environment, while taking into account social, economic, and environmental outcomes. The forest practices system follows an adaptive management framework, which includes an emphasis on research, review, and continuing improvement.

Aim:

The purpose of this annual event is to update stakeholders on research that is relevant to the conservation and management of natural and cultural values under the forest practices system.

Details:

Kingborough Community Hub Auditorium, Kingston

29 September 2026

9:00 - 16:30

Lunch and teas provided

Format:

Attendance can be in person, or via an online webinar. Please indicate your preference by registering for the correct ticket type. Those who select the webinar option will receive a link to join the webinar via email closer to the date.

Presentations will be approximately 15 minutes long and followed by a brief Q&A. There will be discussion sessions with the speakers throughout the day. Online attendees will also be able to submit questions for the speakers.

See draft agenda below.

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/468746261079464?p=mEqQe8JwQ7usDbEAzl

Safety:

For those attending in person:

please do not attend the research update if you are unwell prior to the day and let us know you are not coming (email or phone)
let us know if you feel unwell while at the research update
comply with social distancing and room capacity regulations
practice good hygiene with frequent hand washing and sanitising (using the sanitiser provided).

Contact:

If you have any questions about the Research Update, please email Dr Amy Koch amy.koch@fpa.tas.gov.au

Agenda (subject to change)

Time	Topic	Presenter
9:00	Welcome and introduction	Amy Koch (FPA)
Session one
9:10	FPA soil carbon and geo science research	Adrian Slee (FPA)
9:20	Road erosion toolbox	Alex Sims/Petter Nyman (Alluvium)
9:40	Internet of things ecoacoustics	James Montgomery (Utas)
9:50	UTas spatial projects	Steve Harwin (UTas)
10:20	Discussion
10:40	*Morning tea*
Session two
11:10	Seed source choice for resilience under climate change	Rebecca Jones (Utas)
11:20	Odour misinformation: a new way to reduce vertebrate pest damage to plantation seedlings	Cristian Gabriel Orlando (USyd)
11:30	Burgundy snail response to forestry	Adam Cistern (NRM South)
11:40	Habitat requirements of eastern barred bandicoots	Jo Lyall (Utas)
11:55	Tasmanian Azure Kingfisher monitoring - Year #1	Charley Gros (Independent)
12:05	Eagles and forestry	James Pay (Utas)
12:15	Discussion
12:35	*Lunch*
Session three
13:15	Introduction to Forest Conservation Group research investigating impacts of native and plantation silviculture on biodiversity	Laura van Galen (Utas)
13:25	Forest management regimes constrain bird community recovery across forest age gradients	Weiyi Wang (Utas)
14:35	Beetles	Ema Cosma (Utas)
14:45	Disturbance and other environmental drivers of vegetation composition in southern Tasmania	Henry Cornish (Utas)
14:55	Adaptive management	Amy Koch/Dydee Mann (FPA)
15:05	Discussion and concluding remarks
15:40	*Afternoon tea*
16:00	End (join us for drinks afterwards at the Salty Dog Hotel, Kingston)

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