Singarayer Florentine
Associate Professor
Environmental and geoscience
University of Ballarat
Australia
Biography
For the past 15 years, Florentine (Florry) has been working on ecologically diverse habitats in two different countries. His initial research was in Sri Lanka, where he studied the impact of selective logging of tropical rainforest on native species recruitment. Florentine earned his PhD in 2001 from Curtin University in Western Australia.
Research Interest
Restoration Ecology and mine site rehabilitation Weed invasion after natural disturbances Interaction of fire, flooding and grazing
Publications
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Doronila, A., Bellette, M., and Florentine, S. K. (2015). Developing closure criteria for reconstruction of Eucalypt grassy woodland in a mined landscape which has been subjected to more than 150 years of gold mining in the goldfields of Victoria, Australia. In Responsible Mining: Sustainable Practices in the Mining Industry edited by Dr. Michelle Jarvie-Eggart, Barr Engineering and University of Maryland University College, USA and Dr. Helen E. Muga, University of Mount Union, USA. ISBN 978-0-87335-373-1 Pages 639-662
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Florentine, S. K, Patrick Graz, Augustine Doronila, Martin, R., Dowling, K., Nimesha, F. (2016). Building suitable restoration approaches in the Brownfields. in Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors, eds. Sheila Devasahayam, Kim Dowling, and Manoj Mahapatra, Taylor & Francis
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Dowling, K, Florentine, S. K., Martin, R., and Pearce, D., (2017). Sustainability and Regional Development: When Brownfields Become Playing Fields in Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors, eds. Sheila Devasahayam, Kim Dowling, and Manoj Mahapatra, Taylor & Francis.
