Bushfires

CSIRO bushfire research is improving the understanding of fire, and improving technologies and strategies to save lives and limit damage. Australian scientists are developing reliable tools for predicting bushfire behaviour to save lives and limit damage.

Phantom fishing targets turtles in northern Australia

CSIRO scientists working with GhostNets Australia and Indigenous rangers are identifying hotspots where lost fishing nets are threatening our marine biodiversity.

CSIRO Pyrotron: A National Bushfire Research Facility

A national research facility testing combustion and spread of bushfires to improve fire safety and fire-fighting for Australian communities.

The Bushfire CRC: understanding bushfires through collaboration

The bushfire research program at CSIRO is part of a large-scale collaborative effort.

Dr Petina Pert: natural resource management using geospatial technologies

Dr Petina Pert's provides scientific expertise in spatial analyses, map products and customisation of decision-making tools which are then used to inform natural resource management and conservation biology and planning decisions.

Integrated Natural Resource Management Science: a joint CSIRO and UQ PhD Program

CSIRO, and The University of Queensland have established the Integrated Natural Resource Management PhD Program, a scholarship program for students undertaking postgraduate studies where the focus of their research is integrated natural resource management science.

Land management for emissions offsets on Indigenous lands

This 70-page CSIRO report assessed the potential value of land management practices that can sequester carbon or change emissions regimes on indigenous lands.

Geography, Human Ecology & Sustainability Research Group (GEHES)

The GEHES Group is leading multi-site, cross-disciplinary, sustainability-focused social science emphasising regional and remote geographies. We are trusted advisors across local, regional, national and international domains. Our staff are located in Alice Springs, Cairns, Townsville, Darwin and Brisbane.

Dr Robyn Russell: using enzymes to clean-up pesticide and toxin residues

Dr Robyn Russell’s work on bioremediation of pesticide residues will help protect the environment and ensure uncontaminated commodities.

Survey: house buyers response to sea level rise

CSIRO is conducting a national online survey to determine would-be house-buyers’ attitudes to the effects rising sea levels could have on their investment decisions.

Every scribble tells a story (Podcast 30 Nov 2012)

In a remarkable piece of detective work, a team of 'retired' CSIRO scientists have revealed the group of artists responsible for the iconic scribbles found on smooth-barked Eucalyptus trees in southeastern Australia.

'Retired' scientists unmask bush graffiti artist

In a remarkable piece of detective work, a team of 'retired' CSIRO scientists have revealed the group of artists responsible for the iconic scribbles found on smooth-barked Eucalyptus trees in southeastern Australia.

Biosecurity Flagship

CSIRO's Biosecurity Flagship is focused on helping to protect Australia from biosecurity threats and risks posed by serious exotic and endemic pests and diseases.

Integrated land and water planning in the Mallee

The Lower Murray Futures project is addressing environmental, economic and social issues in the Mallee region of south-eastern Australia. The outcome will be security of irrigation development while protecting the environment.

Coastal property and sea level rise

CSIRO conducted a national online survey to determine would-be house-buyers' attitudes to the effects that rising sea levels could have on their investment decisions.

Climate change: what do you think others think? (Podcast 16 Nov 2012)

Humans generally find it difficult to judge how widespread their own and others’ opinions are, and when it comes to climate change, grossly overestimate the numbers of people who reject its existence. (8:15)

DesignCheck™: state and national building industry award winner

DesignCheck™ is an automated design checking system enabling quick and easy compliance assessment against building codes helping designers to find potential problems early.

Dr Stephen Cameron: using molecular methods to understand insect relationships

Dr Stephen Cameron's research focuses on the evolution of the mitochondrial genome and its use as a phylogenetic data source for understanding insect relationships.

Gene find turns soldier beetle defence into biotech opportunity

New antibiotic and anti-cancer chemicals may one day be synthesised using biotechnology, following CSIRO’s discovery of the three genes that combine to provide soldier beetles with their potent predator defence system.

Alice Springs, NT (Alice Springs laboratory)

CSIRO's laboratory in Alice Springs conducts research that addresses a range of issues in arid and semi-arid rangelands.

Dr Alan Andersen: uncovering the secrets of ant diversity

Dr Alan Andersen is a Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Darwin, where he studies ant community ecology, the use of ants and other invertebrates as indicators of ecosystem health, and fire ecology and management in tropical savannas.

Dr Adam Liedloff: modelling the ecology of the tropical savannas

Dr Adam Liedloff and his colleagues have developed two landmark models for better prediction and management of fire and grazing in northern savannas.

Dr Tara Martin: making good ecological predictions and conservation decisions

Dr Tara Martin is an ecologist who specialises in the optimal allocation of conservation resources and understanding and predicting the impacts of land use and climate change on the natural ecosystem using novel statistical and mathematical methods.

Healthy Country, Healthy People: Supporting Indigenous engagement in the sustainable management of Northern Territory land and seas

CSIRO worked with partners to develop a strategic framework for investment in Indigenous cultural and natural resource management in the Northern Territory.

'Unwelcome Strangers' Weeds on Aboriginal Country

'Unwelcome Strangers' Weeds on Aboriginal Country presents the views of Aboriginal people toward plants that have invaded the lands that they own, care for and manage.