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Adapting agriculture to climate change
Early action to adapt to climate change impacts could have substantial short-term benefits for some Australian agricultural systems but joint research between farmers, scientists and policymakers is needed to adapt to the larger-scale changes expected.
Are moths choosy about their sexual partners?
Dr Sharon Downes will use her Australian Government Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to investigate, through careful mating and DNA fingerprinting, whether female bollworms choose which of their sexual partners father their offspring.
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
CSIRO scientist Dr Tara Sutherland and her team have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect silk.
Australia-China research links strengthened
CSIRO and the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine (CAIQ) today (Tuesday 10 April) signed a Relationship Agreement to facilitate research in biosecurity and quarantine.
Playing the market for natural resource management
CSIRO economists are inviting people in Canberra, Sydney and southern NSW to join the Australian Knowledge Exchange (AKX) – an online prediction market which aims to forecast water availability.
Bees are the new silkworms
Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates who make use of the strength and versatility of silk.
Tasmania joins national blackberry biocontrol program
CSIRO is inviting Tasmanian landowners and managers to join the fight against European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg), one of Australia’s most invasive and noxious weeds.
Qld farmers invited to help protect biodiversity
CSIRO researchers and Terrain Natural Resource management invite landholders to a workshop in Mission Beach in north Queensland on Saturday, 19 April, to participate in a research study looking at the use of financial incentives for incorporating revegetation and habitat protection into property management plans.
CSIRO and the bioeconomy at AusBiotech 2008
AusBiotech will hold its 2008 conference, Building a Bioeconomy - climate, food, health, investment, fuel at the Melbourne Convention Centre 26 – 29 October 2008.
Biofuel crops push ignoring biosecurity impacts
Important biosecurity issues are being ignored in the global push to develop new non-food crops for biofuels and industrial and pharmaceutical uses, according to a report published recently by CSIRO.
Bioremediation to keep atrazine from waterways
Farmers around the world are expected to benefit from the successful trial of an enzyme that breaks down the herbicide, atrazine, in run-off water.
Dead or alive – bridal creeper is bad for environment
Bridal creeper, a native of southern Africa, is an attractive plant once much loved by gardeners. Now it is one of southern Australia’s worst environmental weeds. It smothers native vegetation and its huge tuber mats prevent germination of native plants.
Bushfire impact on water yields
While forest fires can often result in an initial increase in water runoff from catchments, it’s the forests and bush growing back that could cause future problems for water supplies by reducing stream flows.
CSIRO Pyrotron ignites bushfire research
CSIRO has built a bushfire wind tunnel to research how bushfires spread and improve the safety and fire-fighting capabilities of Australian communities.
Ecologists must join humanity’s rush to the cities
Cities are responsible for so many of the sustainability challenges faced by our urbanising world, but urban ecologists can help unlock the benefits of city living, say researchers in today’s issue of Science.
Climate change may wake up ‘sleeper’ weeds
Climate change will cause some of Australia’s potential weeds to move south by up to 1000km, according to a report by scientists at CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship.
Community call to shape Cardwell Shire future
Local residents are being asked to be actively involved in building a picture of what they would like the Cardwell Shire to look like in 20 years’ time.
CSIRO takes first hard look at Contested Country
The first comprehensive and critical examination of Australia’s local and regional management of land, water and biodiversity was released today in a book published by CSIRO.
Crop biofactories to deliver higher returns to growers: Grains Week 2006
An initiative to develop a lucrative crop bioindustry in Australia could yield higher farm gate values and overall returns for grain growers.
CSIRO and landholders declare war on the blackberry
CSIRO is calling on landowners and managers to join the fight against the European blackberry, one of Australia’s most invasive and unfriendly weeds.
Taking the guess-work out of choosing good wine
Enjoying a good wine is one of the pleasures of life and part of that enjoyment is its bouquet. Imagine, then, how important the ability to distinguish both the good and bad odours in wine is to winemakers.
‘Cyclone science’ shows rainforest impacts and recovery
A year on from Cyclone Larry research into the environmental impacts of the category 4/5 storm is starting to deliver interesting results. This suite of projects involving 25 scientists from 5 institutions was set up shortly after the cyclone hit to investigate its effects on the rainforests of the Wet Tropics. 
DNA in dung to reveal first true cassowary count
In a world first, CSIRO scientists will use an innovative DNA technique to deliver reliable data about north Queensland’s Cassowary population and by doing so develop a greater understanding of this endangered species.
Sustainable communities for Canberra
CSIRO is partnering with the ACT Government on an innovative urban redevelopment in the East Lake area of Canberra.
Experts to discuss north Queensland agriculture role
CSIRO has played host to the first Tropical Futures Forum, a discussion of the future for agriculture in north Queensland.

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