Division 05 Environmental Sciences
This division covers environmental sciences. This division has four groups:
GROUP 0501 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
This group covers applications of ecology. This group has five fields:
- 050101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
- 050102 Ecosystem Function
- 050103 Invasive Species Ecology
- 050104 Landscape Ecology
- 050199 Ecological Applications not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0502 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
This group covers environmental science and management. It includes:
- the environmental and ecological knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific Peoples;
- conservation and biodiversity;
- public education on environmental issues; and
- the management and monitoring of natural resources and environments for their environmental value.
This group has twelve fields:
- 050201 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge
- 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity
- 050203 Environmental Education and Extension
- 050204 Environmental Impact Assessment
- 050205 Environmental Management
- 050206 Environmental Monitoring
- 050207 Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation)
- 050208 Maori Environmental Knowledge
- 050209 Natural Resource Management
- 050210 Pacific Peoples Environmental Knowledge
- 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management
- 050299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0503 SOIL SCIENCES
This group covers soil sciences. This group has six fields:
- 050301 Carbon Sequestration Science
- 050302 Land Capability and Soil Degradation
- 050303 Soil Biology
- 050304 Soil Chemistry (excl. Carbon Sequestration Science)
- 050305 Soil Physics
- 050399 Soil Sciences not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0599 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
This group covers environmental sciences not elsewhere classified. This group has one field:
- 059999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
