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Looking up at the tree canopy.

CSIRO’s understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on natural and planted forests is helping forestry and natural resource managers prepare for the future.

Musterers on horse back with a cattle herd in northern Australia

Sustainable mananagement and habitation of 'Outback' and 'Top End' Australia is an important goal which CSIRO researchers working in arid rangelands and tropical savanna environments are addressing.

Panorama of arid zone meeting a tropical zone.

CSIRO’s Tropical and Arid Systems Program has around 60 staff located in Alice Springs, Atherton, Cairns, Darwin and Townsville. We conduct research on Indigenous livelihoods, fire and savanna dynamics, tropical forest ecology, grazing systems and grazing land condition, invasive species and biodiversity conservation. While we are based in northern and central Australia, our work addresses national and international challenges.

  • Boneseed Weed

    Integrated weed management (IWM) utilises a combination of complimentary practices such as grazing, herbicide application, land fallowing and biological control to help manage weeds.

  • Staff of the Australian National Wildlife Collection with some of the Collection.

    The ANWC relies on the support of business and the community to maintain its Australian wildlife research. Find out how you can support this valuable national resource.

  • Marilyn (left) and a group of Nyungkal rangers setting up a stall at the Wallaby Creek Festival. (CSIRO)

    CSIRO co-researcher, Nyungkalwarra woman Marilyn Wallace from the Kuku Nyungkal clan in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, has accepted an invitation to present the "Indigenous Voices on Climate Change" film festival in Copenhagen from 9 – 13 December.

  • CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship Science Director Dr Mark Stafford Smith and CSIRO Manufacturing, Materials and Minerals Group Executive Dr Steve Morton join staff in farewelling the Heath Road Lab in Alice Springs.

    CSIRO staff - past and present - converged on the CSIRO Alice Spring’s Heath Road laboratory last Friday to farewell their research hub of more than three decades.

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  • People standing a field by a 4wd and tree.
    Over 80 scientists are currently engaged in CSIRO’s Social and Economic Sciences Research Program, making it one of the largest social science research programs in the world focused on natural resource management and sustainability challenges.
  • The Murray river near Mildura, NSW, at sunset.

    CSIRO research on catchment and aquatic systems focuses on sustaining and improving the health of our aquatic systems, by understanding how these systems are affected by land use change and climate change.

  • CSIRO Environmental statistician, Dr Bronwyn Harch.

    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.

  • Mr John Wombey with a snake specimen at the Australian National Wildlife Collection.

    Mr Wombey was involved in the rediscovering of the Inland Taipan, the most venomous snake in the world. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Australian National Wildlife Collection, where he continues his years of research on Australian reptiles.

  • Brown coloured caterpillar (Helicoverpa larva) on a green cotton leaf

    This document includes presentations from session five of the Biosecurity in the new bioeconomy: threats and opportunities symposia, held 18-21 November 2009 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. (105 pages)

  • A safflower plant in flower.

    This document includes the presentation from forum two of the Biosecurity in the new bioeconomy: threats and opportunities symposia, held 18-21 November 2009 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. (33 pages)

  • Bridal creeper leaf beetle, Crioceris sp.

    The leaf beetle is one of three biological control agents released to help manage the spread of bridal creeper in Australia.

  • Pictures of the fractions of carbon from rapidly decomposable raw pieces of plants and micro-organisms scanned using electronic microscopy.

    Soil organic carbon is a complex and varied mixture of materials and makes up a small but vital part of all soils.