Australia has failed to deliver on its obligation under the international Ramsar Convention to protect its wetlands, according to a senior wetland ecologist and environmental scientist at CSU.

Two men whose connections with and commitment to CSU date back almost 60 years will be remembered in ceremonies at CSU in Wagga Wagga this week.

Ecologists from CSU's Institute for Land, Water and Society have joined forces with Australia's largest almond producer Select Harvests Limited to the look for ways to better manage agricultural landscapes to maximise production and conservation outcomes.

New research by CSU suggests that social and economic conditions are so difficult in the Murray Darling Basin that researchers are calling for a treaty between government and the people and communities of the region.

Research projects focussed on the environment and education have attracted funding in the latest round of projects announced in the federal Government's National Competitive Grants Program.

Demand for an undergraduate place at CSU in 2009 has grown significantly according to figures released by the Universities Admissions Centre.

Teaching and student spaces at CSU will be revitalised from 2009 as it embarks on a major capital works program after the University secured federal Government funding for infrastructure improvements.

Mental health nurses in rural and remote NSW have expressed concern to CSU researchers that they fear their profession is dying.

Practical solutions to restore one of Australia’s most threatened ecosystems – the endangered white box grassy woodlands of south eastern Australia – is the aim of researchers from CSIRO and Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS)