Experts have long asserted that European settlement has had a major impact on the Australian environment, but what was Australia really like before Europeans settled here?

Charles Sturt University has received a $2 million boost from the latest round of capital grants announced by Federal Education Minister Dr Brendan Nelson.

A lifetime’s contribution to the science and management of wetlands worldwide by a Charles Sturt University academic has been recognised by a leading international society.

The continuing bushfire emergency in North East Victoria, southern NSW and the ACT has generated renewed interest in bushfire management and ecology, including the regeneration of the native bushland environment after bushfires.

The rapid and low cost analysis of air, water, vegetation, and pork and even Viagra tablets using near infra-red rays were just a few of the topics discussed at a recent meeting in Spain of international scientists.

Three new professorial chairs will be established at Charles Sturt University later this year in a move to strengthen links with CSIRO in water research in the Murray-Darling Basin.

The future of water use will be the hot topic at a major national conference and business summit at Charles Sturt University on Friday 14 March.

New research into the impact of water reforms on New South Wales irrigators and how they can benefit from an increased emphasis on cooperatives will be revealed at a seminar at Charles Sturt University.

CSU research shows that women place a much higher value on the environmental and social values of rivers than men.