Contact us
- School of Natural Sciences
- Macquarie University NSW 2109
- E: fse.natsci-admin@mq.edu.au
Sharing our expertise of the natural world
Our engagement is primarily through direct connection with policy-makers and end-users as well as building broad community awareness of, and involvement in, our research.
Areas of activity include:
- Antarctic remediation and protection
- atmospheric, land and water contamination
- climate change adaptation and impacts on biological systems
- coal and iron ore processing and emissions control
- coral reef, marine and coastal protection and vulnerability
- cross-cultural biodiversity monitoring
- natural disaster risk
- river and land management
- threatened species management
- urban planning and cityscapes.
Government and corporate partners
- Australian Antarctic Program
- Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research & Development
- Dolby Australia
- EPA South Australia
- EPA Victoria
- Hamersley Iron
- Murray Darling Basin Authority
- Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority
- NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
- NSW Department of Primary Industries
- NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
- NSW Local Land Services
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- NSW Office of Local Government
- NSW Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer
- Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
- Rio Tinto
- Sydney Water
- Victoria Department of Health
Community and NGO partnerships
- ANSTO
- Arludo
- Code Club Australia
- Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program
- Conservation Volunteers Australia
- European Commission
- Pure Earth
- Questacon
- Redfern Community Centre
- Reef Check Australia
- REFORM: REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management
- Royal Botanical Gardens
- The Nature Conservancy
- Wildlife Conservation Trust
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Sources of expert advice
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- World Commission on Protected Areas
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Australian Coal Association
- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency
- Land and Environment Court
- The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)
- Conservation International
- Planning Institute Australia
Macquarie University Geoscience Society
The Macquarie University Geoscience Society (MUGS) is an academic and industry-focused student group that promotes the engagement of students with industry and the community through the hosting of industry meetings, regular careers nights and sharing of professional networks.
MUGS currently has strong ties to major industry bodies such as: