Research

What we do

The Centre for the Environment brings together researchers from across disciplines with partners from government, industry and communities to support and promote real-world solutions for environmental challenges. Our research actively embraces the human dimensions of governance and decision-making as opportunities for change.

We provide practical solutions in response to the complex environmental challenges of our natural, production and built landscapes.

Our approach is responsive, agile and effective. We co-design our research with our partners.

We embrace the human dimensions of governance and decision-making as opportunities for change.

Our research programs

Value-of-information in remote ecosystems

Planning new protected areas in a changing climate

The Australian Acoustic Observatory

Flying high to find koalas

Detecting declining Antechinus populations

Agricultural biodiversity on cotton farms

Protecting native olives

Reef restoration and adaptation

Stakeholder and Traditional Owner Engagement

Cooling and Shading

Moving Corals

Taking action for nature - pathways to strengthening community actions

Human wildlife conflict

Common_Thread: where science and art entwine

Building a policy instrument impact model for the Reef

Monitoring our collective capacity to implement the Reef 2050 Plan

Understanding adoption of agricultural practices to improve ecosystem health

Modelling and Decision Support

Springbrook groundwater monitoring

Fresh take on wastewater

Securing Antarctica's environmental future

Using autonomous vessels to monitor water quality

Airborne ultrafine particles in Australian cities

Real-time satellite monitoring of flow in rivers and estuaries

Understanding pollutant transport in estuaries and coastal rivers

Stopping marine debris in coastal bays

Monitoring microplastics in our rivers

Unlocking the value of organic soil amendments

Australia and India join forces on water

Rubble Stabilisation

Ecosystem robustness to external pressure

Integrated Logistics and Automation

Coral Aquaculture and Deployment