Stop 3: Launceston
Darla Hatton MacDonald
5:45pm | 10/08 | Launceston
Stop 3 on the Tassie Science Road Trip takes you to Peppers Silo Hotel in Launceston, where you’ll meet Professor Darla Hatton MacDonald, a researcher at the University of Tasmania. Darla works on natural resource valuation issues in forestry and marine environments. Learn about how placing a dollar value on local natural assets and ecosystem services can help preserve them. Keep the conversation going after the talk, and join Darla and Dr Karl for canapés, included in your ticket price. Drinks will be available for sale at the bar. The following morning, Thursday 11 August, Road Trippers will be invited along to a walk led by Road Trip MC Zoe Kean at the Tamar Island Wetlands Centre. Thursday night, you can join Darla and Dr Karl at Grain of the Silos restaurant for the fabulous chef’s tasting menu dinner and casual chats.
How to Book
Book your stay at Peppers Silo Hotel for this stop on the Road Trip by emailing [email protected]
Mention the code BEAKER0822 for a 15% discount. If you’re on the Road Trip, we recommend staying two nights, checking in Wednesday 10 August and checking out Friday 12 August.
Accommodation and dinner already sorted? Book your talk-only tickets below.
How do you put a dollar value on nature?
The ecosystem services and benefits that natural systems provide locally are highly valued by the communities that benefit from these and provide them with a “sense of place”. I will look at how placing a dollar value to the local natural assets and ecosystem services help preserve them, the trade-offs, and potential long-term outcomes to local communities.
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