Division 05 Environmental Sciences

This division covers environmental sciences. This division has four groups:

• 0501 Ecological Applications
• 0502 Environmental Science and Management
• 0503 Soil Sciences
• 0599 Other Environmental Sciences

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