Bureau of Rural Sciences
BRS
1998 – 1 July 2010
Previously Bureau of Resource Sciences (1992–1998).
Scientific bureau of the agriculture department that provided scientific advice on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management and biosecurity.
Names over time
- Bureau of Rural Resources1987–1992
- Bureau of Resource Sciences1992–1998
- Bureau of Rural Sciences1998–2010
How it came into existence
Created in 1998 as the new name of the Bureau of Resource Sciences, which kept its agricultural, fisheries, forestry and natural resource science work when the minerals and energy functions left the primary industries portfolio.
How it ended
Merged with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics on 1 July 2010 to form the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, first styled ABARE–BRS.
- Agricultural, fisheries and forestry science
- Land use and natural resource assessment
Main functions
- Scientific advice on agriculture, fisheries and forestry
- Fishery status reports and fisheries science
- Land use mapping and natural resource assessment
- Pest animal and weed management science
- Biosecurity and social science research for rural policy
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Lineage
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Sources
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