CRC for Greenhouse Accounting

Research Products

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:

	scientific publications (search database);
	technical briefings by senior scientists on carbon sinks, climate change & the Kyoto Protocol;
	public seminars; and
	short fee-based courses on practical and theoretical approaches to carbon accounting.

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
Mr Martin Schutz, Business Manager, 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 Strategic Plan 2001-04 (350KB PDF)		Range ASSESS (2002)
			Net Ecosystem Exchange (2001)
	Annual Report 2000 - 2001 (Exec Rpt)		Carbon Sequestration Management Options (2000) - Intro PDF
	Index; Chapters 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6;		Section 2 - Cropping Systems (640KB - PDF)
	Appendices		Section 3 - Grazing Systems (480KB - PDF)
	Annual Report 1999 - 2000 (Executive Report)		Section 4 - Forests (4.5MB - PDF)
	Index; Ch1; Ch2-5; Ch6;		Sections 5 & 6 - Outcomes (150KB - PDF)
	Complete Publication (large file)		Carbon Cycle Symposium (March, 2002)
			Land Use, Land-use Change & Forestry (IPCC - May 2000)

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 for 2001 - 2002 are:

Prof Snow Barlow	University of Melbourne
Professor Graham Farquhar	Australian National University
Mr John Carter	Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines
Dr Roger Gifford	CSIRO Plant Industry
Dr Miko Kirschbaum	CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products
Dr Greg McKeon	Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines
Dr Chris Mitchell	CRC for Greenhouse Accounting
Dr John Raison	CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products
Dr Michael Raupach	CSIRO Land & Water

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.