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The CSIRO Centre for Arid Zone Research (CAZR) is located
in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and
forms part of CSIRO
Sustainable Ecosystems.
CAZR provides a research base for a number of scientists
engaged in research projects
studying arid zone and rangeland ecology and natural
resource management.
CSIRO
is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation, one of the world's largest and
most diverse scientific global research organisations.
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 Arid
and semi-arid rangelands constitute over 70% of the Australian
continent, and are dominated in area by the pastoral industry,
Aboriginal lands and conservation reserves. They are however
dominated in economic output by mining and tourism.
Today they are also subject to a wide range of newly diversified
land uses, most of which occur on small areas. Pressures internationally
and nationally mean that the traditional industries of the
rangelands are changing the ways in which they operate - becoming
non-viable in some areas, accessing new markets from others.
Many regions are suffering social and economic disruption
in this process, and all regions need to chart clearer courses
in the next century. >> More
about Australia's arid lands
Projects for the Desert
Knowledge Cooperative
Research Centre form an important part of the work at
CAZR. The Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES)
is located in the offices adjacent to the CAZR site.
Related sections: About CAZR, Research
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