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Program – Water Core Project Understanding and managing Victoria's forest carbon: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Carbon Core Project University of Melbourne To assess how to maintain the carbon of Victoria’s public forests; how to best monitor, report and predict forest carbon assets through time at the landscape scale; and assess the inherent and operational drivers that change forest carbon assets, including fire regime and climate. g) Details of overseas visits undertaken including a summary of the objectives and outcomes of each visit Title of officer Countries visited Objectives Outcomes Regional Manager, Environment, Natural Resources & Fisheries Canada To visit the Canadian Province of British Columbia in response to a formal request by the British Columbian authorities under the Forest & Interface Fire Management Memorandum of Understanding - Operating Plan The traveller acted as one of two Liaison Officers on behalf of the Forest Fire Management Group and DELWP to British Columbia, Canada. The role of the Liaison Unit was to prepare and facilitate the deployment of 80 firefighters to assist the province of British Columbia respond to an extreme summer of wildfire emergencies. The Liaison Officer arrived in British Columbia prior to the confirmation of a formal request and the deployment of the firefighters. Advice was provided to senior representatives in Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations on the resources available, likely deployment timelines, financial costs, media management and safety management. The outcome of the visit was achieved by ensuring the smooth and safe deployment of Australian firefighters to British Columbia. Deputy Chief Fire Officer Canada To visit the Canadian Province of British Columbia in response to a developing bushfire situation subsequent to a formal request by the British Columbian authorities under the Forest & Interface Fire Management Memorandum of The traveller, as the second Liaison Officer, led a contingent of 80 Australian firefighters assisting in the suppression of major bushfires in British Columbia, Canada for five weeks. The firefighters included senior incident management teams and aviation personnel. DELWP has a long standing "mutual aid agreement" with British Columbia and with the United States of America. The agreements are activated to provide additional personnel during
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