Peter Duinker

Peter N. Duinker, Professor and Director, School for Resource and Environmental Studies and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University was the speaker for the 64th Forest Industry Lecture held on 4 November 2010.

View quicktime video of presentation here.

"Learning From the Future: Lessons from Scenario Analysis of Canada's Forests and Forest Sector"

Biography

Peter Duinker is Professor and Director of the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management.  He is also currently Associate Dean Research for the Faculty.  He teaches and researches a wide range of topics, most of which deal with forests and environmental assessment.  Recent research projects include conservation of old-growth forests in SW Nova Scotia, partnership processes in model forests, forest restoration in Point Pleasant Park, and the Forest Futures Project of the SFM Network.  New research projects are underway on urban-forest sustainability and forest adaptation to climate change.  Peter serves on a wide range of committees and boards outside the university.  At present he chairs the CSA’s Sustainable Forest Management Technical Committee and the Nova Forest Alliance Partnership. He was Co-Chair of Ontario’s Forest Policy Panel in the early 1990s, and served as Co-Chair of the Minister’s Forest Technical Advisory Committee in Nova Scotia in the early 2000s.  Peter contributed his expertise in processes leading to the national criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management as well as the national forest strategies.  Among the awards Peter has recently received are the CSA’s Award of Merit and the CIF’s National Scientific Achievement Award. Peter lives in Halifax with his wife Maggie, and stops working now and then to enjoy choral singing, home-brewing and cycle-touring.

Additional information about Dr. Peter Duinker is available here.