Pictured above is the Faculty of Science at Charles Darwin
University, formerly the Northern Territory University. The head
office of the Tropical Savannas CRC is located here. However,
researchers are located right across Australia's savanna regions,
see map at right.
To find out about Cooperative Research Centres, and the Tropical
Savannas CRC, take our virtual tour by clicking on the navigation
bar at left.
Welcome to the Website of the Tropical Savannas CRC, which
stands for the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas
Management—or Tropical Savannas CRC for short.
Australia's tropical savannas cover almost a quarter of the
continent ranging from Townsville on the East Coast across the
Gulf, Top End and over to the Kimberley. We carry out research
right across this region.
The Tropical Savannas CRC was first established in 1996 by the
National CRC Program and renewed in 2001. In 2006, the
CRC failed to gain funding for its third-round CRC proposal:
Tropical Savannas Futures CRC. It is scheduled to close in July
2008.
The CRC's aim was to help ensure that the vast area of the
savannas was healthy and managed to provide long-term benefits
(economic, aesthetic, social and cultural) to those who use them
and to sustain the biodiversity and habitat endemic to them.
You can read about our research, publications, and
education programs in the various sections of this site. Go to our
Savanna Information section to link to the websites we
have developed on fire management, land management, general
knowledge and innovative school programs.
