Terrestrial Biodiversity Adaptation Research Network

Terrestrial Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in Queensland - Management and Policy

Tuesday, 14^th September 2010, Ship Inn

South Bank, Brisbane

  Video presentations from Queensland Roadshow

Who should come: management agencies, policy makers, NGO’s, state/local government and any interested parties

Time	Program	Speaker	Presentations
9:00	Welcome and what we hope to achieve today.
Morning session: Presentations - from the researchers and the stakeholders
9:20	National overview on Climate Change adaptation and terrestrial biodiversity and the National Adaptation Research Plan	Prof. Stephen Williams
	Terrestrial Biodiversity network –what you can get out of it.	Dr. Yvette Williams
	What are the key issues for QLD for climate change adaptation and decision tools for adaptation	Prof. Hugh Possingham
10:30	Morning Tea
11:00	The science of biodiversity adaptation Presentations by the researchers:
	* Examples of biodiversity adaptation in Queensland	A/Prof. Catherine Lovelock A/Prof. Jean Marc Hero Prof. Roger Kitching
11:30	How are managers and policy-makers dealing with climate change adaptation for biodiversity and what are the greatest challenges. Presentations by the stakeholders:
	* State Government - Department of Environment and Resource Management	Danielle Shanahan
	* Local Government - Brisbane City Council	Stacey Mclean
	* Indigenous knowledge group - Conservation on Country	N/A
	* Local conservation group - WWF	Martin Taylor
13:00	Lunch
Afternoon session: Workshops
14:00	Identify key themes for adaptation challenges
	* Group discussion on defining broad adaptation challenges for Terrestrial Biodiversity in Queensland.
14:30	Working groups draw up adaptation research priorities and how they could be addressed
16:00	Afternoon tea
16:30- 17:30	* Report back and close, facilitator to draw together learning, threads and extract future options