media release
knowledge f
or managing Aust
ralian landscapes
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Knowledge discovery for agriculture and NRM
A national integrated on-line knowledge discovery tool for agriculture and natural resources in Australia
is being launched today (Wednesday 9 September).
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online (AANRO) is Australia’s first full-text research
repository on agriculture and land and water resources. It has been developed through the collaboration
of 36 partners across Australia: rural research and development corporations; and federal, state and
territory government agencies with interests in agriculture or natural resources management. It is being
launched at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra by ACT Senator Kate Lundy.
AANRO includes three major linked databases: one on research in progress, a second of researcher
profiles, and the third of final research reports, the key to a vast wealth of new knowledge from research
projects across the nation.
“AANRO will prove to be a powerful tool for making new knowledge about agriculture and natural
resources readily available both within the research community and to land owners and managers
across Australia,” the Chairman of the AANRO Management Committee, Dr Gerry Maynes, said today.
“It would not have been possible without the commitment of all our partners, including agencies from
very the Commonwealth and every state and territory government across Australia, as well as the rural
research and development corporations,” he said. “This is a major initiative in making the outputs of
publicly funded research readily and freely available to all. It sets a new standard in open access for
agriculture and natural resource management research.”
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online is at www.aanro.net.
Further information: Dr Michael Robinson 041999291
or Dr Gerry Maynes 02 62716377
9 September 2009
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