Harwood, Christopher Eric   (fl.1970s-2020s)

Date and place of birth ?

He was awarded a PhD in Environmental Biology from the Australian National University under the supervision of Prof. Ralph Slatcher in 1976.
His PhD thesis was titled: "Ecological studies of timberline phenomena".

He worked at CSIRO forestry divisions from 1987 to 2018, mainly on tree breeding and forest plantation management.

He was a Research Associate of the School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, until 2024.

Much of his work involved collaboration with developing country research agencies and was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
He has published extensively in the fields of tree breeding, plantation silviculture and wood quality and utilization.

Early research looked at the potential of Grevillea robusta as a plantation tree in developing countries.

A range of titles of publications he has been involved with give an indication of his interest in improving the agro-forestry welfare of people around the world:

Pollination and fruit-set of Grevillea robusta in western Kenya (2002).

The Effect of Inbreeding on Early Growth of Acacia mangium in Vietnam (2005).

Traditional and Acacia colei Seed-Incorporated Diets in Maradi, Niger Republic (2006).

Genetic variation in survival and growth ofEucalyptus globulus ssp globulus in Ethiopia (2007).

Source: Extracted from:
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140298
https://iufroacacia2026.com/chris-harwood/
THE FRIENDS OF THE WAITE ARBORETUM INC. NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2002 No 30
Harwood, Chris E., ed. (1992) 'Grevillea robusta in agroforestry and forestry'
Portrait Photo: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Harwood-2

Collecting localities for 'Harwood, C.E.' from AVH (2026)

Data from 265 specimens