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Welcome to the School for Environmental Research website. Research in the School concentrates on the sustainability of interactions between humans and the environment. It extends from the biology of individual organisms to ecosystems and landscapes, and from conservation to natural resource management. Much of the biophysical research aims to assist management by providing a scientific understanding of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and its associated wildlife. There is also an emphasis on integrating biophysical and social sciences with policy analysis and implementation.
A significant role for the School is to assist the development of livelihoods based on natural resources, particularly for remote and rural communities. Geographically the school focuses on the tropical and desert environments in Northern Australia and similar climatic regions globally, with emphasis on South East Asia. The School works closely with stakeholders, including Indigenous peoples/communities, government agencies and academics from various institutions to find robust and practical governance and management solutions to an array of environmental and natural resource challenges.
The school has three inter-related themes:
Download the School for Environmental Research brochure (.pdf) which includes the school's capability statement.
Latest news
Vacancy: Professor of Tropical LivelihoodsThe Professor of Tropical Livelihoods will be a research leader with an international reputation who can consolidate and extend the research of the University on issues relating to livelihoods of people living in the tropics, paying attention to livelihoods in a changing environment where climate change adaptation is likely to be a key issue. The successful candidate could have expertise in some of the following: payments for environmental services, governance of natural resource-based industries, social impact assessment, the use of scenarios in community settings, and integration of research into policy. The candidate would be expected to work across disciplines and have experience of cross-cultural research. Position # : 5519 Applications close: 24 November 2008 |
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Latest SER NewsletterNow available |
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Young Scholars UniteCaroline Lehmann, a post-doc with SER recently attended the Young Scholars Network Interdisciplinary Workshop: on Cultural Uses and Impacts of Landscape Fires: Past, Present and Future in Colorado, USA. Supported by NSF/ASP, Past Global Changes (PAGES), QUEST and NSF Carbon and Water. The Young Scholar’s Network is an activity of the Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). |
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Big month for SER PublicationsJuly has been big for SER, with 7 publications released this month authored by staff and students in the following peer reviewed journals
See a complete list of SER's 2008 publications at: www.cdu.edu.au/ser/RecentPublications.html |
SER annual reports
- Download annual report 2007 (.pdf, 2.16MB)
- Download annual report 2006 (.pdf, 2MB)
- Download annual report 2005 (.pdf, 1MB)
