School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

It’s the urban age for people – and for other species too – so it’s time to start planning for all the plants and animals that call our cities home

The FREO2 low pressure oxygen system is live and has assisted a child in Mbarara, Uganda for the first time.

Researchers have discovered the workings of wood-making cells inside trees, settling a century-old debate about how plants make bark and wood.

Sarah Dickson-Hoyle has recently been awarded the Future Forests Fellowship from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, where she will complete her PhD studies in place-based fire management under the supervision of Dr Lori Daniels, a disturbance ecologist.

Professor Rodney Keenan and MFES graduate Mr Jesse Mahoney represented SEFS at the event.

Dr Matthew Burns and Professor Tim Fletcher attended and contributed to a global symposium in America, while research exchange student and current Yale Fox Fellow Ana Elisa Lambert presented at forum in Brazil.

Associate Professor Trent Penman speaks to ABC Radio's Linda Mottram about the recent fires in south-western Victoria and the south coast of New South Wales.

Far from being a biodiversity wasteland, urban environments are home to some of Australia’s most threatened species

Shahnaj Parvin has won second place at the Global Climate Change Community gathering in Tampa, Florida for her talk on crop growth.

Thirty government officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry have visited the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences’ Creswick campus to improve their knowledge in measuring, reporting and verifying emissions from forested land.

Using stormwater runoff to create a veggie raingarden at home can also help reduce the pollution threat to our local waterways and, ultimately, the ocean.

Four students from the Master of Forest Ecosystem Science attended the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Industry Gala dinner held at the Great Hall in Parliament House, Canberra.

Benjamin Wagner has received one out of only four Paddy Pallin Science grants for his proposal to map the habitat of the Greater Glider possum, a tree-dwelling marsupial that eats only Eucalyptus leaves and is found along the eastern coast of Australia.

Research finds a dramatic increase in feral predators as bushfires make some native Australian animals even more vulnerable.

Clare Duck has been selected by the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany this year.

The iconic King Billy Pines of Cradle Mountain offer a glimpse into climate history, with the publication of one of the longest tree-ring chronologies in the Southern Hemisphere.

Edita Ritmejeryte, a PhD student from the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences (SEFS), has won the Best Student Poster Award at the International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting in Kyoto.

Forest dynamics research in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

Dr Chris Williams was on ABC Landline talking about his Novel Crops project, that is growing sweet potatoes in Melbourne for food charity FareShare.