The research program of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting is designed to assist Australian industry and agriculture in the areas of land use and land management through techniques to enhance carbon sequestration over the long term. The CRC currently delivers four kinds of public research "product" or output. These are:

	annual reports;
	technical and workshop reports;
	scientific publications;
	symposia and presentations;
	scientific posters;
	calculators, models, software; and
	short courses on practical and theoretical approaches to carbon accounting.

Senior scientists of the CRC undertake a range of technical briefings on carbon sinks, climate change & the Kyoto Protocol;

To discuss how the CRC might assist Australian industry and agriculture to meet greenhouse targets through the use of land-based carbon sinks, please contact Dr Chris Mitchell on Tel: 02 6125 4020. Alternatively, please download and fax a business survey and we will contact you on receipt.

Industry internships for our students are strongly encouraged. Any organisations interested in hosting a CRC student in their workplace on a short-term basis are encouraged to contact Dr Janette Lindesay, Education Manager, Tel: 02 6125 4020.

CRC Expertise

Our centre brings together over one hundred of Australia's leading greenhouse researchers from most of the major scientific and land management institutions across Australia. Our centre's major strengths include the incorporation of the most active research groups in carbon accounting found currently in both federal and state governments.

The CRC is required to nominate "Key Researchers" to lead its scientific discoveries. Key Researchers selected by the Centre are:

Overall, the CRC has engaged experts from most of the relevant centres across Australia and incorporates the most active research groups relevant to carbon accounting in federal and state governments. It has a strong core of university researchers at the Australian National University and is negotiating partnership agreements with the Universities of Melbourne and Queensland. Past and present leaders of CSIRO's Biosphere Working Group play leadership roles in the CRC.

This provides an important link to CSIRO's other greenhouse activities conducted within its 'Climate and Atmosphere' Sector. Although the CSIRO program covers a wider range of research than the CRC itself, the CSIRO undertakes complementary research related to greenhouse gases and much of this research relating to sinks is incorporated within the CRC.