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Forestry to play a major role in carbon emissions trading


Forestry is now part of the new economy in a world coping with carbon pollution, says a leading CSU forestry researcher.

New WATER chief at CSU


The establishment of a drought monitoring system in Australia using remote sensing tools is one project catching the attention of the new head of the International Centre of WATER for Food Security at CSU.

The secret life of olives


They have been hailed by one of their guardians as CSU's best kept secret, but the low key presence of olives at CSU may be about to end.

Helping vet science students in the field


Gaining vital practical work experience in their degrees has become easier for some veterinary science students at CSU after they were named as the inaugural recipients of scholarships to assist them with essential part of their professional education.

An online approach to plants


When nature didn't match the academic sessions for students of botany and ecology at CSU, one academic looked for a solution and came up with an innovative teaching method.

Selling the Crown jewels?


A CSU academic has likened any plans to sell off Travelling Stock Reserves to "selling off NSW’s Crown jewels in a garage sale".

Experimental winery work underway


Work has started on the construction of a $1.75 million ‘Experimental Winery’ at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre at CSU in Wagga Wagga.

CSU commentators on the 2008 Beijing Olympics


As some of the world’s best athletes embark on elite competition at the 2008 Olympics and the world’s media focuses on Beijing, CSU has commentators available on various aspects of the international event.


Climate change and Arctic sea ice


A leading indicator of climate change - the total area of sea ice in the Arctic region - has been declining in recent years, according to a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic.

Australia can help ease world food crisis


Governments need to take immediate positive steps to alleviate the deepening world food crisis which has triggered recent unrest in developing countries due to mounting food scarcity and rising food prices, says a leading CSU academic.

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