Environment

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.

Our scientists aim to save lives and limit damage to property through  research and the development of technologies for predicting bushfire behaviour. 

CSIRO conducts research into weather, oceans, climate, drought and atmospheric pollution, concentrating on environmental issues affecting Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Our scientists are providing quality information to planners and policy-makers about the incredibly complex systems that make up the natural environment.

CSIRO is pursuing many ways to protect forests, make Australian forestry more environmentally sustainable and measure the effects forests have on the wider environment.

CSIRO’s ocean research is providing valuable information to understand and sustainably manage our oceans.

Our research is targetting the pest species that cause environmental degradation in Australia, including weeds, foxes, cane toads and mice.

Our scientists are working with industry, regulators and the community to combat air, land and water pollution.

Salinity causes major social, environmental and economic problems in many parts of Australia. See the work CSIRO is doing in this area.

We're helping answer the sustainable resource and development questions critical to the future of society, industry and the environment.

CSIRO works with a variety of industries, both rural and urban, to deliver environmentally sustainable and cost-effective waste management solutions.

Australia, the driest inhabited continent on Earth, has recognised it must learn to make better use of its water resources and CSIRO is contributing to smarter technologies and more efficient systems.