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LEMBERG LECTURES BY DR DAVID BOWMAN
18 April 2001

Dr David Bowman, Principal Research Fellow at the Northern Territory University, is a well known plant ecologist with a specialisation in savannah dynamics and fire. He has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science's Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship for 2001 and will be presenting public lectures on 'The Australian flora: Past and present management' at the following times and places:

27 April, 12.00pm, Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University. Information 08 8946 6703, email: peter.whitehead@ntu.edu.au

4 May, 1.00pm, Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland. Information 07 3365 9766, email: hpossingham@zen.uq.edu.au

8 May, 12.00pm, Australian Museum, Sydney. Information 02 9320 6000, email: danf@austmus.gov.au

9 May, 4.30pm, RSBS, Australian National University, Canberra. Information 02 6249 5895, email: anderson@rsbs.anu.edu.au

10 May, 8.00pm, Royal Society of Victoria, 8 LaTrobe Street, Melbourne. Information 03 9663 5259, email: admin@sciencevictoria.org.au

11 May, 4.00pm, Ecological Society of Australia, Tasmanian Branch. Information 03 6226 2837, email: kerry@geo.geol.utas.edu.au

14 May, 6.30pm, South Australian Museum. Information 08 8203 9802, email: Waterhouse.Club@saugov.sa.gov.au. ($25 members/$30 non-members)

24 May, 6.00pm, Geography Department, University of Western Australia. Information 08 9380 2782, email: johnd@geog.uwa.edu.au

Dr Bowman has taken a broad approach to the science and management implications of woodlands, particularly in the tropics, and made a significant contribution at many levels. He has conducted field research in Tasmania and throughout northern Australia over the last 20 years, working with government, pastoral and indigenous land managers to improve the sophistication of ecological management, particularly by the use of fire.

His recently produced major scholarly works include a Tansley review entitled 'The impact of Aboriginal landscape burning on the Australian biota' and a Cambridge University Press book, Australian rainforests: Island of green in a land of fire. He has received international recognition for his publications as evidenced by his editorial input to major international journals and his invitation to work at institutions such as the Australian National University, the University of British Columbia, Harvard University (where he held the prestigious Charles Bullard Fellowship), Oxford University and Kyoto University.

Dr Bowman is an authoritative and passionate public speaker and is able to communicate his love of Australian landscapes to a range of audiences.