Andrea Leys BRurSc(Hons)(UNE), GradDipEd(UNE) Social researcher in the fields of land-use change and community sustainability through adaptation to policy and climate change. Recently completed a PhD (EnvSc) evaluating the effectiveness of social learning for resolving community conflict over land-use change to plantation forestry from traditional agricultural enterprises in an Australian case study. This research was part of the CRC for Forestry project 'Sustainable and Vibrant Communities'. Proven track record in research agronomy, and agricultural and environmental education and extension. Recently awarded a Gottstein Fellowship in Forestry for an international research project in 2011.
Journal articles
Land-use change conflict arising from plantation forestry expansion: views across Australian fence-lines (with Jerome K. Vanclay), International Forestry Review (2010)
An annual trade deficit in Australia for forest products of approximately $2 billion (Aus$), predominantly...
Social learning for resolving community conflict over land-use change to plantation forestry, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2010)
This thesis examines social, economic, political and environmental challenges resulting from the conversion of agricultural...
Social learning: a knowledge and capacity building approach for adaptive co-management of contested landscapes (with Jerome K. Vanclay), Land Use Policy (2010)
There is increasing recognition in the field of natural resource management that transformative adaptation to...
Stakeholder engagement in social learning to resolve controversies over land-use change to plantation forestry (with Jerome K. Vanclay), Regional Environmental Change (2010)
Rapid land-use change arising from incentives for afforestation has created tensions in rural communities previously...
Theses
Social learning for resolving community conflict over land-use change to plantation forestry, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2010)
This thesis examines social, economic, political and environmental challenges resulting from the conversion of agricultural...