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How green is our grass? Improved measurements to aid fire management

Using TERN’s high tech infrastructure to supplement grassroots monitoring of fire danger and inform fire management decisions Grassland curing is the natural cycle of grass ...
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Critical infrastructure for National Environmental Science Programme

Late last year the Federal Government announced its $142.5 million National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) and the organisations that will lead research in the program’s ...
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Practical training in rangeland monitoring a success in the Northern Territory

TERN’s AusPlots facility has successfully completed another iteration of its field methods training course.  Current and next generation ecosystem science researchers and land managers from ...
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ACEAS working group wins Banksia Award

Congratulations to the ACEAS Indigenous bio-cultural knowledge group which recently won a 2014 Banksia Award in the category of Indigenous Leadership for Sustainability.  This award was gained for the work ...
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New research predicts collapse of mountain ash ecosystem

A recent study by researchers utilising decades of scientific monitoring from TERN’s Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) has discovered that the mountain ash forests ...
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TERN expands its regional international collaboration

TERN has partnered with the scientists planning a future Korean Ecological Observatory Network to share knowledge, expertise and experience and advance Australia’s standing in the ...
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Creating a global vegetation database

TERN is lending a hand in the creation and population of a global vegetation-plot database that will assist in the development of climate change adaptation ...
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Get involved in selecting the new Ecosystem Science Council!

Selection of the inaugural Ecosystem Science Council has begun, and anyone in the ecosystem science community is invited to nominate to join Council or register ...
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An echidna from Boston

Using Australia’s most advanced laser scanner to measure the health of our forests as never before In the peaceful surrounds of the Karawatha forest in ...
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National Soil and Landscape Grid launched!

26 November 2014 Knowledge of Australia’s diverse soil and landscape attributes is vital to enable informed use and management of our soils and landscapes. As ...
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