Mark Cochrane

Poems explore the creative power of desire, where the love of perfection crosses boundaries of gender and polity.

Change Room

The tropics are home to most of the world’s biodiversity and are currently the frontier for human settlement. Tropical ecosystems are being converted to agricultural and other land uses at unprecedented rates. Land conversion and maintenance almost always rely on fire and, because of this, fire is now more prevalent in the tropics than anywhere else on Earth. Despite pervasive fire, human settlement and threatened biodiversity, there is little comprehensive information available on fire and its effects in tropical ecosystems. Tropical deforestation, especially in rainforests, has been widely documented for many years. Forests are cut down and allowed to dry before being burned to remove biomass and release nutrients to grow crops. However, fires do not always stop at the borders of cleared forests. Tremendously damaging fires are increasingly spreading into forests that were never evolutionarily prepared for wild fires. The largest fires on the planet in recent decades have occurred in tropical forests and burned millions of hectares in several countries. The numerous ecosystems of the tropics have differing levels of fire resistance, resilience or dependence. At present, there is little appreciation of the seriousness of the wild fire situation in tropical rainforests but there is even less understanding of the role that fire plays in the ecology of many fire adapted tropical ecosystems, such as savannas, grasslands and other forest types.

Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics

Tropical Fire Ecology

Mark Smith

Kevin Jackson

Simon Hughes

Simon Burton

Sean Doyle

Chris Barez Brown

Debs Armstrong

Nick de Bois

Tracy Halliwell

Chris Hornbuckle

Brian Ludwig

Jason Megson

Nigel Rushman

Jason Allan Scott

Bonny Shapira

Peter Wardell

Bjorn Wigforss

THE EVENT PROFESSIONAL'S HANDBOOK aims to inspire, encourage and guide anyone working in - or thinking about working in - the events industry. Its contributors represent some of the most interesting thinkers and practitioners in the industry today. But the handbook is not a 'how to' or an instruction manual. It's more like a smorgasbord of event professionals’ thoughts and ideas, designed to whet the appetite, provide a moment of insight or a way of navigating a challenge in a new way.

The secrets of successful events

The Event Professional's Handbook

Mark Cochrane

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