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Food, soil, water & agriculture

About

Food and water security are two of the biggest global challenges of our time. Our research focuses on providing reliable scientific, sociological and institutional knowledge to inform sustainable food and water policies and improve the management, use and conservation of natural resources.

Groups

A researcher kayaks down a river in a yellow inflatable raft.

It's crucial that we as a society communicate the huge importance of this system, celebrate its majestic wonder - and continue efforts to preserve and encourage river stewardship for future generations.

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Projects

First Nations people have legal interests to greater than 57% of Australia’s land mass yet their participation in primary industries is minimal. The baseline study addresses several aspects and issues associated with growing First Nations primary production across Australia.

People

  • Prof Peter Yu, First Nations Portfolio - Principal Investigator
  • Mr Russell Barnett - Honorary Associate Professor, First Nations Portfolio
  • Dr Lorrae McArthur - Senior Projects Officer, First Nations Portfolio
  • Mr Brian Stacey, Professor of Practice, First Nations Portfolio
  • Mr Bruce Gorring, Director, National Indigenous Business Development Hub, First…

The Centre for Water and Landscape Dynamics (WALD) sits within the Fenner School of Environment & Society, and combines satellite observations, field data and prediction models to measure, monitor and forecast natural hazards, natural resources and the environment.

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

This research looks at options for more effective conservation of freshwater ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature.

Bees are crucial for the function of many of our crops, and part of the system of producing food such as apples, almonds, berries, beans, eggplants and pumpkins.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

It's crucial that we as a society communicate the huge importance of this system, celebrate its majestic wonder - and continue efforts to preserve and encourage river stewardship for future generations.

People

  • Xavier Anderson
  • Jason MacQueen
  • Meredith Hope
  • Dr Sara Beavis
  • Dr Alec Hunter

A range of post-grad projects that can be formulated to suit Honours, Masters or PhD. These will cover areas such as farm productivity, hydrology, ecological function, and social capital.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

Members

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Visiting Fellow

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Professor

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Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Associate Professor

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Emeritus Fellow

Baihua Fu

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Academic staff

Martin Amidy

Lecturer

Research Fellow

Articles

PhD student, Michelle Littlefair, crouches near the edge of a dam at night pointing her spotlight into the reeds.

Michelle Littlefair is a PhD student at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society researching frogs in agricultural landscapes. She is also a dancer who uses her performances to spread awareness about frog declines. We spoke to her about how frogs have become such a large part of her life.

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We are all about wicked problems.

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Illustration of Alice, the rabbit and the Mad Hatter sitting around a table drinking tea.

“Most people don’t even realise we’re all affected by pollution throughout our whole lives," says Dr Julia Jasonsmith from ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society.

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Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.

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We’ve known about the risk of floods to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its impact. Indeed, recent urban development policies by the current NSW government will multiply the risk.

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SECRET documents reveal the NSW Water Minister has ignored the warnings of department staff about proposed changes to the state's floodplain harvesting rules, which may not be compliant with the state government's own Water Management Act.

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