Land & Water Australia

Land & Water Australia
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Website lwa.gov.au

Land & Water Australia was a Statutory Corporation established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act of 1989. Its primary focus was to organize and fund research and development (R&D) activities which improved the long term productive capacity, sustainable use, management and conservation of Australia's land, water and vegetation resources.

It also acted as a research broker, organising collaborative R&D programs like Managing Climate Variability and the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation.

Land & Water Australia was closed in 2009.

See also

Full list of Land & Water Australia's Research programs

Other Research and Development Corporations in the Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Portfolio

Coordinates: 35°16′53.76″S 149°07′26.13″E / 35.2816000°S 149.1239250°E / -35.2816000; 149.1239250


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