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.
Agricultural and forest ecosystems - Bringing together a wealth of research expertise to tackle current and emerging challenges in agricultural and forest land management. Learn more>
Social and economic science - Over eighty scientists working in one of the world's largest social science programs focused on environmental challenges. Learn more>
Urban systems - Our innovative building design and urban planning, infrastructure management and resource use science is helping improve the sustainability and liveability of our cities. Learn more>
Tropical and arid systems - Our science addresses national issues relating to biodiversity, ecosystem services and community development in tropical and arid zones. Learn more>
Dr Tom Measham is working to identify and understand the human and social dimensions involved in regional environmental challenges and how they affect natural resource management.
Mr Justin Leonard is internationally renowned for his work in developing effective risk assement tools and mitigation strategies for urban interface design.
Dr Cathy Robinson is a geographer who studies decentralised environmental governance systems, with a focus on cross-cultural and regional planning arrangements in Northern Australia.
The Australian National Wildlife Collection (ANWC) is the official Commonwealth collection of Australian land vertebrates with specimens and genetic samples covering amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals..
The arboretum of over 1 300 trees, shrubs and vines from northern Australia, and a reference herbarium in Atherton is used for research and public education.
CSIRO and James Cook University (JCU) are working together to create a world class research hub - the Australian Tropical Sciences and Innovation Precinct at JCU's Townsville campus.
The CSIRO AusAID Alliance is a strategic partnership that aims to improve the impact of aid. The Alliance unites AusAID’s depth of experience in development assistance with CSIRO’s strength in research into complex problems that cross scales and sectors.
The Sustainable Communities Initiative is embarking on a new project in partnership with Regional Development Victoria that will work with five regional Victorian communities on local sustainability challenges.
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.
Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for the Future.
1973 was the year that Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon and Are You Being Served? made its television debut. It was long before the words “climate change” became headline news. It was also the year that CSIRO’s Sustainable Energy Advisor, Dr John Wright – who is retiring next week – joined the organisation as a research scientist in the Sydney laboratories of the then Division of Mineral Chemistry.
On December 4-6 2007, a CSIRO workshop was held in Melbourne to address the ‘Simulation and Modelling of Urban and Regional Sustainability, Transitions and Applications in Policy, Planning and Management’ (SMURT). It provided a forum to exchange knowledge on regional and urban transition simulations for policy development, planning and management.
This Water for a Healthy Country Flagship project is developing the scientific knowledge to underpin an integrated and sustainable development framework for northern Australia's water resources.
CSIRO is working with research partners on the Grains Research and Development Corporation's (GRDC) new initiative to improve the water use efficiency (WUE) of grain-based farming systems.
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.
Finding better ways to manage agricultural systems and lands so that food and fibre production can be sustained in balance with environmental and socioeconomic outcomes.
In this vodcast we look at how the Nywaigi people of North Queensland and CSIRO are sharing knowledge and working together to restore ecosystem health at Mungalla Station including managing the threat posed by the invasive grass Hymenachne. (6.37)
Meet Dr Darius Culvenor, who works across a broad range of remote sensing technologies and applications, helping to identify strategically important areas for new technology, skills and business development.
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.
Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2010.
The Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009 examines a range of options for use of land and water in northern Australia and the likely consequences of those uses, for communities, businesses and the environment.
Australia is likely to become warmer, with less rainfall and more droughts in the south, uncertain rainfall changes in the north, more heatwaves, less snow, more fires, more heavy rainfall events and more intense cyclones.
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.