Stewart, Hugh Thomas Lindsay (1951 - )

Summary

Dr Hugh Stewart has worked in the fields of forestry research, management and consulting in a career spanning 40 years. Starting as Research Forester with the Forests Commission of Victoria, Hugh Stewart soon expanded his research experience in senior roles with the Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, further specialising in nutrition, soils and hydrology research. He published extensively on waste water irrigation and nutrition of eucalypt and pine plantations. He worked on a community forestry project in Zimbabwe and held several plantation management positions. Since 2009 he has worked as an independent forestry consultant in Australia and Indonesia.

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Chronology

1972

Education - Diploma of Forestry (Distinction), Victorian School of Forestry

1973 - 1981

Career position - Research Forester, Forests Commission of Victoria

1975

Education - Bachelor of Science (Forestry), University of Melbourne

1981 - 1984

Career position - Scientific Officer, Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands

1984 - 1986

Career position - Research Leader, Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands

1986 - 1988

Career position - Seconded to Department of Foreign Affairs, as Research Scientist in Zimbabwe

1987

Education - Master of Science (Forestry), University of Melbourne

1988 - 1993

Career position - Senior Scientist, Victorian Department of Conservation and Environment

1993 - 1998

Career position - Plantations Manager, Victorian Plantations Corporation

1998 - 2005

Career position - Forests Resources Manager, Treecorp Group, Victoria

2009 -

Career position - Independent forestry consultant

2009

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Charles Sturt University

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Journal Articles

• Hopmans, P.; Stewart, H. T. L.; Flinn, D.W.; and Hillman, T. J., 'Growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation by seven tree species irrigated with municipal effluent at Wodonga, Australia.', Forest Ecology and Management, 30 (1990), 203-211. Details
• Hopmans, P.; Stewart, H.T.L.; and Flinn, D.W., 'Impacts of harvesting on nutrients in a eucalypt ecosystem in south-eastern Australia.', Forest Ecology and Management, 59 (1993), 29-51. Details
• Stewart, H.T.L.; and Flinn, D.W., 'Establishment and early growth of trees irrigated with wastewater at four sites in Victoria.', Forest Ecology and Management, 8 (1984), 243-256. Details
• Stewart, H.T.L.; and van der Lingen, S.A., 'Soil chemical properties under miombo woodland and eucalypt plantation on Kalahari sand in Zimbabwe.', East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 53 (1988), 171-179. Details
• Stewart, H.T.L.; Flinn, D.W. and, Aeberli, B.C ., 'Above-ground biomass of a mixed eucalypt forest in eastern Victoria.', Australian Journal of Botany, 27 (1978), 725-740. Details
• Stewart, H.T.L.; Hopmans, P.; Flinn, D.W.; and Croatto, G., 'Harvesting effects on phosphorus availability in a mixed eucalypt ecosystem in southeastern Australia.', Forest Ecology and Management, 36 (1990), 149-162. Details
• Stewart, H.T.L.; Race, D.H.; Curtis, A.L.; and Stewart, A.J.K., 'A case study of socio-economic returns from farm forestry and agriculture in south east Australia during 1993-2007.', Forest Policy and Economics, 13 (5) (2011), 390-395. Details

Resources

• 'Stewart, Hugh Thomas Lindsay, by Hugh Stewart and Peter Fagg', The Study of Australian Eucalypts: Forestry, with Fagg, P.C. et al., eScholarship Research Centre, 16 December 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/forestry.html. Details
• 'Stewart, Hugh Thomas Lindsay (1951-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1540478. Details