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Intense Fire Season Last Summer in WA
16 May 2015
The summer of 2014-15 was very intense fire season in Western Australia, with more than 450 fires reported over the period in the south west forest region alone. Lightning strikes often associated with little or no rain, combined with constant frontal activities created the perfect...
VIEWGetting children into nature has lifelong benefits
16 May 2015
The benefits of getting students out into nature include increased understanding of and connection with nature, improved ability to communicate with others and improved ability to understand themselves and their emotions (Dickson, Gray & Mann 2008). 'Benefits were evident in the psych-social,...
VIEWArtwork paints a thousand words about sustainable forestry
24 January 2015
A fibreglass koala in the Port Macquarie Glasshouse is proving a powerful teaching aid to introduce school students to sustainable forest management. Forestry Corporation of NSW partnered with Arts and Health Australia and artist Pauline Roods to bring Forest the koala to the Hello Koalas sculpture...
VIEWSupporting Secondary Geography
24 January 2015
In August 2014 the Forest Education Foundation in Tasmania, working in collaboration with local geography teachers, developed a new program to support the year 10 Geography Curriculum (Geography – Environmental change and management – The human-induced environmental changes that challenge...
VIEWExperiment on pine branches sends students out on a limb
24 January 2015
Branches from radiata pine plantations in the NSW Central West have helped students from the eastern suburbs school Kambala discover the secret to keeping the family Christmas tree looking fresh this festive season. Forestry Corporation of NSW arranged a research permit for school to collect around...
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