Australian centre of excellence for risk analysis
- Australian centre of excellence for risk analysis
The Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis (ACERA) is a research institute in Melbourne, Australia. It conducts research on a wide range of topics in risk, with an initial focus on biosecurity risks.
It was founded in 2006 to honour a Federal Government election commitment, with a grant administered through the Bureau of Rural Sciences of the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
The Director is Mark Burgman.
External links
[http://www.acera.unimelb.edu.au/ ACERA home page]
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