Governance

Through an NCRIS grant to the University of Queensland, the Australian Government is the main funder of the TERN Australia project. The University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane acts as the Lead Agent, hosting the head office of TERN Australia, Other TERN units at UQ are the Project Management team, Data Services and Analytics capability, TERN Engagement, Education and Training, Threatened Species Index, CoastRI, and the Camera trap + Ecocoustic observatory.

The University of Queensland contracts many universities and CSIRO to operate components of the Ecosystem Observatory and undertake Modelling and Synthesis. Among the collaborator are CSIRO, Adelaide University, James Cook University, Queensland University of Technology, Australian National University, University of Western Sydney, University of Western Australia and University of New South Wales. These partners contract further universities to undertake specific site activities.

The strategic intent, engagement and scientific direction of the TERN Australia project are guided by a number of Advisory committees to ensure TERN Australia’s activities are aligned with national priorities and support Australia’s world-leading research in the environmental sciences.

The main advisory committees of TERN that support the project’s governance are the TERN Advisory Board and its Science Advisory Committee and the TERN Executive Committee. The Chair of the TERN Advisory Board is Dr Les Trudzik. Read the announcement.