Positive responses such as “extremely valuable”, “great range of topics and speakers. I learned a huge amount” and “a very valuable and informative program for beginners in forestry” came from the Gottstein Forest Science Course.
The course which was held in February had participants from across Australia who heard from a range of experts speaking on topics ranging from wood supply through to issues relating to carbon and forestry, bushfires, water supply, processing timber and the importance of forestry to Australia.
Sid Sidebottom, parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, spoke at a dinner function on “The future of forestry in Australia”.
The course was held in collaboration with the University of Melbourne at its Creswick campus in west central Victoria.
The next Gottstein Forestry Science Course is to be held in February 2015, with the Gottstein WOOD Science Course to be held in February 2014.
