CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences (CES) conducts research and development across a range of disciplines, targeting social, economic and environmental sustainability.

CSIRO Land and Water is researching ways to better manage Australia's land and water resources, and improve the quality of our natural and built environments.

The latest advances in soil science and how they can provide solutions for a changing world will be the focus of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science opening in Brisbane today.

CSIRO researchers have discovered that micro-organisms that help break down contaminants under the soil can actually get too hot for their own good.

The Functional Ecology and Systematics Program is helping to manage the increasing threat from invasive species and the benefits to agriculture from ecosystem services while ensuring the preservation and sustainable use of Australian ecosystems.

CSIRO’s expertise in carbon accounting is assisting plantation managers and informing policy development and implementation to support emerging carbon markets.

CSIRO is a world leader in farming systems research, plant physiology and advanced microscopy.

Australia agricultural feeds 60 million people globally, but maintaining this level of production against a backdrop of increasing population, climate change impacts, land degradation and the finite supply of productive soils, is proving to be a major challenge. (6:58)

A long-term experiment to find practical solutions for crop management using sustainable farming strategies recently concluded on an 8000ha farm near Harden in NSW with promising results. (5:40)

Dr Riasat Ali is evaluating groundwater resources in the wheatbelt of Western Australia.

Dr Simon Apte leads a multi-disciplinary research team who are improving the management of Australia’s water ecosystems.

Scientists have been studying three rare and endangered orchids on Alum Mountain, Bulahdelah, New South Wales, Australia, for a relocation project to allow construction of a road bypass.

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2009.

This fact sheet draws on CSIRO research to answer some of the common questions about soil carbon and biochar.

This report Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential: A review for Australian agriculture includes a review of the process by which carbon is captured and stored in agricultural soils and an analysis of the current evidence for changes in soil organic carbon stocks resulting from agricultural land use changes.