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Southern Cross University has awarded its Chancellor Nick Burton Taylor AM an honorary doctorate.
Mr Burton Taylor has served the University as Chancellor since 2014 and worked across a number of industries in his long and distinguished business career.
“I am both taken aback and grateful to receive such an honour from the very institution I have had the privilege of serving and championing for the last seven years,” Mr Burton Taylor said.
“As my time as Chancellor nears its natural conclusion I have pause to reflect on the achievements and momentum of Southern Cross University.”
The Chancellor said despite current conditions still being challenging, Southern Cross was now on the right trajectory to a strong and sustainable position.
Dr Mitchell Kirby, Lindy Margan and Jeremy Stewart with the report. Photo supplied.
Local groups say support and interest is growing for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to be considered as a flood mitigation option for Lismore and to be included in the Flood Risk Management Plan.
Lindy Margan, a member of a committee that has been investigating flood options to decrease flooding in Lismore, says the group are interested in a new approach focused on NbS and have just released a document supporting this idea.
‘Nature-based is a long term project with great benefits for the community and the environment into the future,’ says Ms Margan. ‘It is certainly not a quick fix and can’t be rolled out shovel ready like some hard infrastructure projects that we’ve seen in the past.’
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Spotted gum, complete
Spotted gum plantation. Credit: David Lee
A second complete eucalypt genome has been assembled and publicly released following a decade-long project involving 22 scientists from Australia, the US and Brazil.
The genome of the spotted gum
Corymbia citriodora subsp.
Corymbia, known as the bloodwoods.
The first complete eucalypt reference genome – published in 2014 for genus
Eucalyptus – sequenced
Eucalyptus globulus) is among the world’s most widely planted hardwood forest trees.
The
Eucalyptus reference genome by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute for access by scientists worldwide.
Project scientist Associate Professor David Lee, from University of the Sunshine Coast’s Forest Research Institute, points out that there are about 100 species of