The Ecosystem Science Council provides authoritative, expert advice for the Australian people about Australia’s environments and solutions based on the scientific community consensus of the most up-to-date science available.
Long term national plan for ecosystem science
Foundations for the future: a long-term plan for Australian ecosystem science defines the vision, key directions and priorities for a national ecosystem science capability that will enable Australia to understand and effectively manage its ecosystems for decades to come. Developed collaboratively through extensive national consultation across 2013-2014, the document was officially launched on 15 July 2014
Position statements, policy briefs and technical reports
Long term research needs long term funding (position statement)
Enabling ecosystem surveillance (summary)
Taking our environmental pulse (policy brief)
Taking our environmental pulse -a strategy for monitoring ecosystems in Australia (technical report)
Government Submissions
Response to review of EPBC Act (2020)
Response to TERN’s National Environmental Prediction System (NEPS) system design (2020)
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Australia’s faunal extinction crisis (2018)
Submission Coversheet: Comments on Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2018-2030 (2018)
Proposal for a national Ecosystem Monitoring Management Agency (2017)
NCRIS Draft-2016 National Roadmap Response – Digital Data Services Perspective (2017)
NCRIS Draft-2016 National Roadmap Response -Science perspective (2017)
NCRIS Capabilbity Issues Paper: A new landmark capability (2016)
Productivity Commission Inquiry into Data Availability and Use (2016)
