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Our commitment to best practice science

We ensure that our science and research use best practice methods and accepted standards of scientific rigour.

Our commitment to best practice science 2025 sets out our commitment to scientific rigour. Our process ensures that our science and research are sound and defensible. It requires the following:

  • appropriate design
  • meticulous implementation
  • objective analysis and reporting of results.

Our Adaptive management position statement describes the process we follow to implement management while learning which management actions are most effective at achieving specific goals.

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) leads and participates in many scientific advisory committees to build and share our collective knowledge and inform our policy and programs.