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Site Page: Recent upgrades improve camera trap image processing – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 22nd October 2019 The number of records being contributed to the ALA via DigiVol’s camera trap projects has increased markedly over the last year due to ALA upgrades improving the storage and processing speed on the DigiVol platform...

Site Page: From little things, NatureMapr grows – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 28th February 2023 NatureMapr is a data partner of the ALA, contributing verified citizen scientist biodiversity records to support the awareness and knowledge of species in local areas. Have you ever been mountain biking and discovered that you were inches away from one of Australia’s most endangered orchard species? This was the basis for how NatureMapr came to life! NatureMapr is a citizen science data partner of the ALA...

Biodiversity Science project: MapIt for World Cleanup Day

Let’s Do It! World movement is inviting you to participate in the world’s largest waste mapping and cleaning action in history. We have taken an ambitious goal to map all mismanaged waste in the world to raise the awareness of people and organizations about the waste pollution. We believe that citizen science is the answer. Let’s Do It! has made waste mapping as exciting and as simple as possible...

Site Page: Bird sightings and high tech combine to understand bird migration – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 6th April 2011 Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology are working on a DataONE project to investigate the affects of climate change on bird migration in the USA. The Atlas of Living Australia is an overseas partner of DataONE. By combining a database of bird sightings (contributed by birdwatchers) with satellite data and supercomputing, scientists can analyse bird species distribution and migration patterns...

Biodiversity Science project: Microbial Inheritance in Seeds

Plants are not just plants - rather, a plant is a host to thousands of species of symbiotic bacteria and fungi that reside on its surface and inside its roots, stems and leaves, greatly impacting its overall health and functioning. The plant microbiome plays a fundamental role in a plant's ability to acquire nutrients, resist diseases, and tolerate drought, herbivores and other environmental stresses...

Site Page: Data processing – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 9th October 2013 We are regularly asked about how we process and manage data. This blog provides a reasonably technical overview of: some of the processes occurrence data goes through; how the results of this processing are visible to users; and how users can explore and filter data to be “fit for purpose” Note that these processes continue to evolve over time to better detect issues and address your needs so your feedback is welcome...

Support article: Working with threatened, migratory and sensitive species information in the ALA

Jump to section: Threatened and migratory species Threatened and migratory species in the ALA Sensitive or Restricted Access species Sensitive or Restricted Access species lists at the ALA Displaying sensitive species information FAQs Which species in a specific location are on threatened or migratory lists? How do I make the location of my sighting non-specific? The Atlas of Living Australia provides information and manages data on threatened species, sensitive or restricted access species...

Site Page: Indigenous knowledge helps fill ecological information gaps in remote Arnhem Land: but is it too late for small mammals? – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 18th March 2019 by Banul Munyarryun, Ben Kitchener, Gill Towler, Yirralka Rangers, Emilie Ens In June 2018, Yirralka Senior Ranger Banul Munyarryun, a respected cultural leader of north east Arnhem Land’s Dhalinybuy community, welcomed Macquarie University staff and other Yolŋu (NE Arnhem Aboriginal people) onto his country...

Site Page: Indigenous language names in the ALA – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 29th October 2019 At the PULiiMA 2019 Indigenous Languages & Technology Conference in Darwin in September, Senior Knowledge holders from the Kamilaroi community, Bernadette Duncan and Rhonda Ashby, together with the ALA’s Nat Raisbeck-Brown, demonstrated how Indigenous language names can be presented in the ALA...

Site Page: Meet iNaturalist Australia’s super users – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 21st October 2019 iNaturalist Australia, the Australian node of the global biodiversity platform, launched this month and is now integrated with the Atlas of Living Australia. iNaturalist Australia greatly improves the ALA’s ability to enable users to upload sightings and identify species. It provides an Australian gateway to iNaturalist for people to share findings with biodiversity-loving people across the globe...