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  1. Site Page: CoralWatch launches new database – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 15th November 2021 Renowned citizen science program CoralWatch launched their new database using the ALA's Biocollect field data collection platform. CoralWatch is a not-for-profit organisation based at The University of Queensland. It is a globally significant citizen science program that started in 2002. It aims to involve anyone (divers, students, scientists and tourists) in monitoring coral colour to help us understand more about coral health and bleaching events...

  2. Site Page: ALA update: Getting to know you better – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 15th November 2021 In October 2021, we introduced a feature to the ALA that requests information from registered users about the type of organisation they’re affiliated with e.g. university, government, education etc. Now when new users first create their account with the ALA, they will be asked to pick the type of organisation they are affiliated with from a set list...

  3. Site Page: ALA webinar: Environmental data infrastructures – Data and technology trends – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 2nd December 2021 Australia faces a range of challenges in how best to monitor and manage its unique and challenging environment. In this context, projects to collate and store environmental data, or convert that data to information that can inform decision-making, are critical to ensure improved outcomes for our land, water and biodiversity. However, the technological infrastructure that delivers those benefits, and the novel innovations that power them, are often overlooked...

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  5. Site Page: Message from our Director – November 2021 – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 18th November 2021 Welcome to the November 2021 edition of our newsletter National Environmental Science Programme’s Threatened Species Recovery Hub report Assessment of the impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires of southern and eastern Australia on invertebrate species final report (Marsh et al 2021) The importance of investing in fundamental research infrastructure such as the ALA to support unanticipated science and decision-making needs has been highlighted so effectively in a...

  6. Site Page: ALA Newsletter November 2021 – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 18th November 2021 ALA Newsletter November 2021 Back to Articles

  7. Site Page: Delivering data to improve reporting on Australia’s environment – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 1st December 2021 Australia’s national research infrastructures are working together to streamline access to integrated data for State of the Environment reporting and other environmental assessments. The collaborative project is ensuring easy, open access to comparable, time-series datasets for key measures of the state of Australia’s environment and biodiversity...

  8. Site Page: Diving into Indigenous biocultural knowledge of freshwater turtles in South East Arnhem Land – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 22nd December 2021 Aboriginal Elders of south east Arnhem Land, are concerned about the impacts of pigs and buffalo on culturally important freshwater turtles (locally called 'freshwoda teduls' in Roper River Kriol). The local Ngukurr Yangbala (young people) Rangers worked with Elders to add data to the ALA and record knowledge about these species...

  9. Site Page: Data Provision Services – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 10th August 2008 This is a DRAFT – please send us your comments and suggestions. The Atlas of Living Australia will integrate a wide range of data resources which have already been shared online and which can be accessed without any additional work on the part of the data providers. However many institutions and individual researchers are hindered […] This is a DRAFT – please send us your comments and suggestions...

  10. Site Page: DigiVol celebrates 10 years of Citizen Science – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 23rd December 2021 This month the Australian Museum celebrated 10 years of DigiVol, the online volunteering platform connecting citizen scientists with the museums and collections around the world since 2011. The Atlas of Living Australia has been a proud partner of DigiVol since the very beginning. Since 2011, nearly 9 million transcriptions in total have taken place – including museum labels, archival documents, and camera trap projects...