[Catalist] Past, present, and future of agriculture in WA- John Glover symposium

[Leon Harris]

The Royal Society of Western Australia is presenting a broad-ranging 
symposium on agriculture in WA.

Part of their mission is to increase engagement with secondary educators 
and students. The level of the talks will be similar to those of 
CONSTAWA keynote presentations. They assume a scientifically literate 
audience that is not specialist in the area of the presentation. In 
other words, this is great for both teachers and bright students to 
learn about what is going on in Western Australian science.


The conference takes place over a Friday and a Saturday. Is this of any 
interest to you or your students? What kind of support would help you to 
make this opportunity available to yourself or your students? There are 
resources and funding available to assist, so feel free to contact me 
off list to discuss your requirements.

Regards,

Leon Harris


Conference details:
2ndJohn Glover Symposium
Past, present, and future of agriculture inWA
WHEN:7-8thofOctober, 2022
WHERE: TheUniversity Club of WesternAustralia, Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA
6009
COST:freeformembers; become a member today ($50 per year)


About this event
This two-day symposium will cover ‘agriculture’ in its broadest possible 
sense. It
includes presentations about Aboriginal practices of agriculture and the 
plants
and animals they used for food, and the potential for these species to 
be used for
food production now. If also addresses the question of WA’s potential to 
feed SE
Asia (which some people dream about). Massive clearing of the wheatbelt (‘a
million acres a year’) and replacing karri forests by farms fields (in 
vain) will
feature. Restoration of our degraded lands and their use for saline 
agriculture will
also feature. Is dryland salinity still an issue, or has this problem 
vanished given
our declining rainfall? The symposium will feature a wide range of 
disciplines,
including history, agronomy, ecology, archaeology, to name just a few
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