Newlands Friends of the Forest

Newlands Friends of the Forest invites you to:

Good Wood and Proper Paper

An evening to understand what products are being made from our extraordinary Victorian native forests and explore ways we can help protect these forests.

7.00 - 9.30 pm

Wednesday 9th November

Newlands Community Centre 

20 Murray Road, Coburg North

$5 to cover costs 

Vegan supper will be provided

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Good Wood and Proper Paper An evening to understand what products are being made from the  our extraordinary Victorian native forests and e...

There are all sorts of labels on wood and paper products and it can be confusing to know what products to support. We are delighted that  Dr Chis Taylor will come to Newlands to explain which products are derived from our now Critically Endangered Victorian native forests,  and how to identify them.

 

Dr Chris Taylor is the expert on the Forest Stewardship Council certification as it relates to Victorian products.  He was a research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne and is currently a researcher at the Department of Veterinary and Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne.  Chris has conducted research in fields ranging from forest certification to spatial analysis of forest disturbance regimes through to analyzing projected climate change on agriculture. He has participated in numerous multi-stakeholder initiatives, such as serving on the board of directors for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Australia, performed audits of companies under the FSC and co-initiated the FSC’s Controlled Risk Assessment Matrix in Australia. He completed his PhD involving a critical analysis of the forest certification schemes applied in Australia.

Hope you can make it!