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30 Mar 2017
Governments across South-East Asia have programs to intensify rice production but researchers from ANU and other institutions are arguing for the conservation...
21 Mar 2017
Why does biodiversity matter to people? This seemingly simple question can lead people in many different directions as they search for answers.
24 Oct 2016
Dr Jamie Pittock: "We need to pay for betterment. To build things back bigger, higher, stronger, so that they're not washed away next time".
20 Sep 2016
The workshop aimed at taking stock of participating Australian researchers’ and practitioners’ understanding of food security investments in developing...
25 Nov 2014
Dust storms, dust hazes or the back paddock blowing, seem to be a part of life for many Australians. But dust is the ‘business end’ of wind erosion.
3 Jul 2014
Research by Fenner School scholars published last week in the prestigious journal Climatic Change quantifies the trade-offs between sustaining water resources...
23 Jan 2013
The growth of China’s cities is increasing wealth in the country, but it's coming at a cost. The economic boom is forcing farmers to move aside and make...
23 Jan 2013
The sky was a deep red hue. Dust from Australia’s barren ‘red centre’ had blown across and blanketed much of the continent’s east coast, including Sydney.
23 Jan 2013
Humanity faces the daunting challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050. Experts forecast that by then, about 70 per cent of the population will live in...