Paul Foreman is a PhD candidate at La Trobe
University, Bundoora. His research focuses on using the historic record to map
and describe ‘overlooked’, higher-rainfall, kangaroo-grass-dominated grasslands
in central and northern Victoria; searching for evidence of Aboriginal burning;
and looking at the role of fire in protecting and restoring these critically
endangered grasslands.
Paul is botanist and ecologist with over 25
years of experience in land management and nature conservation across a range
of sectors and in a range of technical, strategic and management roles
throughout Victoria and many other parts of Australia. Paul has an
undergraduate degree in Forestry from the University of Melbourne and completed
a Botany Masters of Science in Northern Plains Grassland ecology at La Trobe
University in 1996.
Paul has worked professionally with: State
Government; Trust for Nature; Local Government; and most recently, Bush Heritage
Australia. He is also a Senior Ecologist and Botanist with Blue Devil
Consulting, a Castlemaine-based business specialising in grassy ecosystem
conservation and threatened species recovery.
