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.

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSE) conducts research and development across a range of landscapes, targeting social, economic and environmental sustainability.

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

Sophisticated sensors that measure leaf wetness, soil moisture and temperature are helping rehabilitate rainforest in the Springbrook World Heritage precinct in south-east Queensland.

An understanding of soil and landscape attributes and processes is required in order to sustain productive capacity and the ecosystem services that soils provide.

Australia's food production challenge is now set in an environment where land, water, energy and labour resources are more constrained and competition for these resources is more intense.

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.

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)

Australia has a long history of organic farming, though until recently it was seen as a niche market in the broader agricultural picture. But that appears to be changing; farms that follow organic farming principles are becoming more common and larger. (4:31)

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.