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About CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

CSIRO's core areas of impact
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Text: CSIRO is helping to create a balance between human development and sustainable biodiversity. Image: Swimming fish.
Biodiversity and ecology overview

We are applying our knowledge and resources across many science disciplines to one of the world's key natural resource challenges: sustaining biodiversity in plants, animals and entire ecosystems.

 North Queensland Rainforest canopy
 
Animals
 

CSIRO is improving our understanding of the evolution, biology and taxonomy of animals while contributing to the value of our produce and diverse natural environment.

Photo of an orchard butterfly: Papilio aegeus (Papilionidae).
Aquatic Ecology
 

CSIRO's aquatic researchers are building our understanding of life in our rivers, estuaries and oceans.

The Murray River near Renmark, South Australia
Conservation
 

CSIRO has made a significant impact on Australia's biodiversity conservation effort and continues to seek solutions to some of the world's greatest environmental problems.

CSIRO research scientist Dr Tim Heard collecting insects in the field.
Human Ecology
 

Humans change and are changed by the environment. The benefits and risks are rarely obvious, but CSIRO seeks to understand them and positively alter the way we live.

Aerial view of the industrial area at Kwinana, Western Australia.
Landscape Ecology
 

CSIRO research is discovering how the landscape affects the rest of the environment and how we can use that knowledge to build a sustainable relationship with our land.

Remotely sensed images processed using CSIRO-developed tools show land cover change, an important input into Australia’s National Carbon Accounting Scheme.