Developing climate change adaptation strategies for farming communities in Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and India

CSIRO is working with farmers in Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and India to identify and test locally feasible climate change adaptation options.

Prawn virus detection kits

CSIRO worked with the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) in Thailand to produce kits that can detect the presence of several prawn viruses.

Exploring Mekong Region Futures

The Exploring Mekong Region Futures project aims to improve the sustainability of the Mekong Region, by investigating the complex relationships between the production, distribution, and use of energy, food and water of the region.

Economic costs of solid waste pollution in Palau

Palau is renowned for its pristine natural environment which supports tourism, fishing and other extractive industries, as well as a resident population. Crucial to ensuring the ongoing quality of Palau’s natural environment is effective management of solid waste.

Petronas partnership to investigate alternative and clean energy technologies

PRSB, the research arm of the Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS, will partner with CSIRO to investigate alternative energy and clean fuel technologies.

Bold experiment seeks to improve sustainability of tropical forestry

Can plantations, conservation and native communities co-exist? A bold experiment in Sarawak suggests they can.

Helping hands aid tsunami victims

In December 2004, a destructive tsunami ravaged the shores of several Indian Ocean nations. Thanks to Ensis scientists, relief is being provided to two of the islands significantly damaged in the disaster.

Developing a sustainable plantation-based wood supply in Indonesia and Vietnam

Over the last two decades, CSIRO has worked with research agencies, wood-growing and wood-processing industries, and rural communities in Indonesia and Vietnam to develop a sustainable plantation resource based on tropical Acacia species.