Forests

The Commercial Environmental Forestry program aims to develop commercially viable and environmentally beneficial farm forestry systems in the low-to-medium rainfall zones of Australia.

CSIRO provides research activities from quantitative genetics, to precision plantation management, to smart paper and wood products of the future.

 

CSIRO has recently entered into an agreement with CO₂ Australia, managers of Australia’s largest dedicated forest carbon sink projects. 

A series of podcasts in Mandarin language were launched in Canberra today which highlight careers in science and in working with Australian science and industry to a potential audience of 1.2 billion people worldwide.

CSIRO is focused on providing knowledge and tools to help develop sustainable and profitable forestry systems that provide both economic and environmental benefits in low to medium rainfall areas.

CSIRO research is filling the gaps in our knowledge about forest growth and risk in low to medium rainfall areas in Australia.

We focus on finding new, integrated ways to manage our water supply and water resources issues. This includes land use change, salinity, climate change, groundwater extraction and drainage schemes. 

CSIRO’s understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on natural and planted forests is helping forestry and natural resource managers prepare for the future.

Dr Peter Caccetta talks about his work helping to change the way remote sensing data is used in Australia in this video. (3:00)

Discover the work of Chinese scientist Dr Harry Wu in improving approaches to tree breeding. Dr Harry Wu talks about his work in this special Mandarin edition of CSIROpod. (11:11)

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.

Dr Jamie Hague provides the Australian industry with a competitive advantage in new and improved wood products and processes.

Conference on Bushfire Modelling and Fire Danger Ratings Systems: Proceedings collects papers delivered by leading scientists and managers during a 1988 conference in Canberra.

This article from Farming Ahead contains four stories on groundwater, adapting to climate change, assessing a ‘green’ agricultural system and cover cropping. (1 page)

Copper chromium arsenic (CCA) is Australia’s most widely used wood preservative. This comprehensive fact sheet provides consumers with up-to-date information and advice about using CCA-treated timber.

Learn about lidar, a technology that uses high-speed laser pulses to generate three-dimensional structural data about the terrain and landscape features. CSIRO scientists are using lidar to investigate vegetation in native and plantation forests.