In partnership with the community and industry, we undertake world-class research into the evolution and ecology of invasive species and the molecular biology and physiology of insects.
The Environment Group aims to support the development of production sectors while at the same time minimising current and potential adverse environmental impacts.
The latest issue of ECOS provides expert analysis of the draft report of the independent Garnaut Review on emissions trading and the Federal Government’s Green Paper, which outlines the differing proposals for a ‘carbon pollution reduction’ scheme.
Nematodes, their importance and management, will bring 350 scientists from 36 countries together at the 5th International Congress of Nematology (ICN) in Brisbane from 13 to 18 July 2008.
CSIRO's Healthy Terrestrial Ecosystems theme brings together multi-disciplinary teams to develop new technologies and approaches to promote ecosystem function and prediction to inform biodiversity management, planning and incentives.
CSIRO scientists are researching in areas throughout the rangelands and savannas region of Australia to generate results that will form a picture about how these landscapes can be managed.
CSIRO’s Catchment Water and Salt Balance team increases our ability to predict changing levels of water and salt in large river basins, exploring the implications of land use change, climate change, salinity and groundwater balance.
Australia’s dwindling population of native rats and mice are little seen and even less understood. In this vodcast, CSIRO’s Dr Fred Ford introduces us to some very eccentric creatures, and explains the crucial role they play in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. (4:16)
Meet Dr Darius Culvenor, who works across a broad range of remote sensing technologies and applications, helping to identify strategically important areas for new technology, skills and business development.
An interest in the environment and in maths led to a career in environmental statistics for Dr Bronwyn Harch. Now she gets to visit scenic waterways and help waterways' managers keep the water clean for everyone to enjoy.
This article from Farming Ahead describes how researchers have found that revegetation of some productive land as well as unproductive land is necessary to substantially improve ecological outcomes. (3 pages)
This fact sheet describes the many ways in which termites contribute to ecosystem health in northern Australia. Termite activity affects water infiltration, nutrient cycling, biodiversity and landscape repair.
CSIRO has developed a tool to provide some revealing insights into how our current choices might play out in the Australian landscape over the next fifty years.
