Bureau of Rural Resources
BRR
1987 – 21 October 1992
Renamed Bureau of Resource Sciences in 1992.
Scientific bureau of the primary industries department that provided scientific and technical advice on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural land and water resources.
Names over time
- Bureau of Rural Resources1987–1992
- Bureau of Resource Sciences1992–1998
- Bureau of Rural Sciences1998–2010
How it came into existence
Established in 1987 to bring together the scientific and technical assessment units of the primary industry department, which became the Department of Primary Industries and Energy in July 1987.
- Scientific and technical assessment for rural industries
How it ended
Became the Bureau of Resource Sciences on 21 October 1992, when it was combined with the mineral and petroleum resource assessment functions of the former Bureau of Mineral Resources.
- Rural resource science
Main functions
- Scientific advice on agriculture and rural industries
- Fisheries resource assessment
- Forestry and land resource assessment
- Scientific input to pest, disease and natural 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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