What does CSIRO Land and Water do in the tropics?
Operating through its Townsville-based Davies laboratory and the CSIRO laboratory in Atherton, CSIRO Land and Water provides leading-edge scientific research to develop solutions for sustainability in tropical agriculture, to assist in the preservation of the delicate ecosystems of the tropical north, and to support Australia’s important tropical industries. On those sites and across Northern Australia, CSIRO Land and Water works in close collaboration with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. We also maintain strong partnerships with government and industry, other research organisations including Cooperative Research Centres, universities, international aid and funding agencies and community organisations. Our scientists also work closely with our neighbours in the tropics to develop sustainable agricultural practices for the future, with the current focus in Thailand, China, the South Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea.
