The Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) is a scientific agency within the Australian

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry may refer to: * Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia) ** Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Queensland) * Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Is ...

. The BRS was merged with the

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is a federal research branch of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, located in Canberra, Australia. ABARES was establish ...

(ABARE) in 2010, 24 years after its creation in 1986. The BRS provides scientific advice to the

Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...

in support of more profitable, competitive and sustainable use of Australia's

natural resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. O ...

. The BRS is regarded as an important interface between science, agricultural and rural affairs and government policy.

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