Bureau of Resource Sciences
BRS
21 October 1992 – 1998
Previously Bureau of Rural Resources (1987–1992). Renamed Bureau of Rural Sciences in 1998.
Scientific bureau of the Department of Primary Industries and Energy that provided scientific assessments and analysis on agricultural, fisheries, forestry, land, water, mineral and petroleum resources.
Names over time
- Bureau of Rural Resources1987–1992
- Bureau of Resource Sciences1992–1998
- Bureau of Rural Sciences1998–2010
How it came into existence
Formed on 21 October 1992 from the Bureau of Rural Resources together with the mineral and petroleum resource assessment functions of the former Bureau of Mineral Resources, by then the Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
- Rural resource science
- Mineral and petroleum resource assessment
How it ended
Renamed the Bureau of Rural Sciences in 1998, when the minerals and energy functions of the Department of Primary Industries and Energy moved to a separate department.
Main functions
- Scientific assessment of agricultural, fisheries and forestry resources
- Mineral and petroleum resource assessment
- Land and water resource science
- Pest animal and weed management science
- Scientific advice for resource policy
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Primary Industries and Energy.
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Sources
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