Land and Water

CSIRO Land and Water is one of CSIRO's largest divisions with more than 500 staff located around Australia.

Dr Neil McKenzie leads one of the nation's largest land and water research teams.

Dr Jennifer Stauber is Deputy Chief for one of the nation's largest land and water research teams.

Dr Smith is a well-respected soil chemist with a significant national and international profile in water and nitrogen cycling in agricultural and natural ecosystems.

Dr Peter Hairsine’s research areas include sediment transport in agricultural and forested landscapes and mitigation strategies for improving water quality.

CSIRO Land and Water employs and develops state-of-the art facilities and equipment to conduct its research.

CSIRO Land and Water can provide access to its state-of-the-art testing and analytical services and facilities on a fee for service basis.

An interactive guide with colour digital imagery to assist in the identification of aquatic invertebrates.

With more than 500 staff across ten locations around Australia, CSIRO Land and Water is positioned to tackle issues from regional to national scale.

CSIRO Black Mountain laboratories in Canberra have facilities servicing insect, plant, atmospheric, land and water science.

CSIRO at the Waite Campus undertakes a range of research in land and water management, sustainable farming systems, precision agriculture, plant science and mathematics and statistics.

The Centre for Environment and Life Sciences draws together the capabilities of seven CSIRO research areas to provide solutions to environmental management problems and to improve the health of Australians.

CSIRO’s Highett laboratories in Melbourne’s south-east is home to advanced processing, materials and infrastructure research, sustainable ecosystems, and CSIRO's Victorian Science Education Centre.

CSIRO’s site at Clayton, Victoria is adjacent to Monash University and the Australian Synchrotron. More than 800 staff members work in energy, resources, forestry, manufacturing, chemicals, health, information, agribusiness and more.

CSIRO Land and Water has productive relationships with state and national land and water agencies, research institutes and the private sector throughout Australia and overseas.

ASRIS is a collation of the best available, nationally consistent data and information on Australia’s soil and land resources. It facilitates better planning and decision making.

Since 2008, CSIRO has been working with more than 100 scientists across all continents of the world to build a new Global Soil Map.

A model for the national cooperation and collaboration of information on soil and land resources.

ANDS is building the Australian Research Data Commons: a cohesive collection of research resources from all research institutions, to make better use of Australia's research outputs.

The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) is a multi-disciplinary research centre working to protect and enhance the natural assets of the Murray-Darling Basin.