Collaborative Links

The ACTFR has strong links with associated staff from economic, social, earth, engineering and biological science disciplines within the University and often draws upon these staff as subconsultants or as collaborators in joint research or consulting ventures. Links have also been established with a number of organisations and departments outside the university, such as:

Aquatic Sciences:

Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)

Global Wetland Consortium

Australian Society for Limnology

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Wetlands International

The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)

International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)

Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB)

Regional Bodies / Community Groups:

Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM

Mackay Whitsunday NRM Group

Terrain NRM (formarly FNQ NRM)

Northern Gulf NRM

Southern Gulf Catchments

Mitchell River Watershed Management Group

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Research Bodies:

Tropical Savannas CRC

Rainforest CRC

Marine and Tropical Science Research Facility (MTSRF)

CSIRO

Australian Government:

Department of the Environment and Water Resources (formerly DEH)

Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)

Land and Water Australia (LWA)

Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS)

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)

Queensland Government:

Department of Natural Resources and Water (NRW)

Department of Primary Industries (DPI)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

James Cook University:

School of Marine and Tropical Biology

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES)

School of Engineering