![PhD candidate Sigit D. Sasmito](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-03/Blue%20carbon.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=z8Re0LVW)
Charles Darwin University’s Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods PhD candidate Sigit D. Sasmito said current land management practices in Papua’s mangroves reduced carbon stocks substantially.
![Shuanghon at Mindil Beach Markets](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-09/Web_image_Shuanghong_900x600%20%281%29.png?h=c1f4291a&itok=sukKBJEt)
Shuanghong took a chance on herself when she moved from China to Australia to study at CDU. The first person in her village to follow a path to university abroad, CDU’s supportive learning environment and practical work experience has changed the direction of her life.
![single use plastic - illustrations](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-07/iStock-1148930865-%281%29.jpg?h=f405c703&itok=Gar_Bk66)
We all know that plastic is bad news for the environment. The chemicals involved in production of plastics can find their way into waterways and plastic litter is making its way into landfill and the wilderness at alarming rates. We put the call out to the CDU team to see what they are doing to reduce their plastic use.
![Pia Harkness head and shoulders with plants in the background](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-12/Pia%20Harkness%208.jpg?h=9e5d93b9&itok=zf6TJTeE)
Pia Harkness is a PhD graduate (2020) in the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), under the supervision of Associate Prof. Natasha Stacey. Her PhD examined the implications of marine conservation and rural development policies and practices for the local communities they are designed to affect, in Savu Raijua District eastern Indonesia.
![Director of Research and Innovation Dr Steve Rogers](/files/styles/medium/public/2020-02/Dr%20Steven%20Rogers%20Director%20of%20Research%201000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=4H5Qha6Q)
Charles Darwin University has welcomed the new Director of Research and Innovation Dr Steve Rogers, who brings with him research and high-level leadership experience in the environment sector, mining exploration and mineral processing industries.
![Matthew Norwood at the TERN Savanna SuperSite](/files/styles/medium/public/2024-01/231020_LitchfieldRIEL-3.jpg?h=6454ca5f&itok=JqQBQjM3)
For nearly 15 years, Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Matthew Northwood has scrambled up towers in remote corners of the Northern Territory to test, adjust and repair technical equipment that’s providing vital information about a changing climate and impacts on our NT environment.
This policy outlines the principles applied by the University to maintain a workplace and study environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and an environment that is free from harassment, bullying and discrimination.
![Taylor Marschke creative arts student](/files/styles/medium/public/2023-06/Untitled%20design%20%2815%29.png?h=1bc39af4&itok=WQ4dAWIC)
Born and raised in the Territory, Taylor has always been torn between two worlds: art and the environment. Thanks to the flexibility of her degree at CDU, she’s got the work-life-study balance down to an art.
![CDU Ecology researcher from the Research Institute of Environment and Livelihoods Dr Christine Schlesinger is leading field studies to help safeguard the longevity of river red gums in Central Australia.](/files/styles/medium/public/2022-07/Red%20River%20Gum%20-%20Min%203.jpg?h=696d239b&itok=s68cre1h)
Long-term research at Charles Darwin University (CDU) could help safeguard the longevity of river red gums that have figured in the arid riverine woodlands of Central Australia for hundreds of years.