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  1. Site Page: Tim Entwisle appointed Director of Conservation, Living Collections and Estates, Kew Gardens – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 22nd March 2011 By Robyn Lawrence, Atlas of Living Australia Dr Tim Entwisle, the Executive Director of the Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, is on his way from Australia to take up the position of Director of Conservation, Living Collections and Estates, Kew Gardens, London...

  2. Site Page: Queensland Museum collections safe from floods – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 23rd March 2011 By Dr John Hooper, Head of Biodiversity & Geosciences Programs, Queensland Museum Minor flooding underneath the Queensland Museum South Bank, 13th January 2011 The recent floods in Brisbane, thankfully below the 1974 flood levels, resulted in minor water damage to Queensland Museum’s South Bank campus (QMSB). No collection areas or internal public exhibition galleries were breached. The underground car parks and the external Energex Playasaurus Place were flooded...

  3. Site Page: Traditional owners welcome first Victorian BushBlitz – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 29th March 2011 A team of 30 scientists worked together with Indigenous rangers, Traditional Owners, non-Indigenous land owners and volunteers in the most comprehensive plant and animal survey yet on the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape and Indigenous Protected Areas of south-west Victoria. The two-week BushBlitz survey covered about 3000 hectares over six properties, including Lake Condah, Kurtonitj, Allambie, Muldoons, Vaughans, and Tyrendarra...

  4. Site Page: Next-generation portals for herbaria and museums – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 29th March 2011 By John Tann and Robyn Lawrence, Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia team is working with the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) and the Council of Heads of Australian Faunal Collections (CHAFC) to think about the next generation of the Australia’s Virtual Herbarium (AVH) and Online Zoological Collections of Australian […] By John Tann and Robyn Lawrence, Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia team is working with...

  5. Site Page: Museum volunteers help with rapid digitisation – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 29th March 2011 By Alexis Tindall, South Australian Museum. The Australian Museum and the South Australian Museum are exploring the use of volunteers to help digitise the museums’ collections. The museums’ specimen collections are a rich source of biological information and the project aims to unlock the information held in these collections, making it more widely accessible and […] By Alexis Tindall, South Australian Museum...

  6. Site Page: ALA continues to focus on data quality – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 1st April 2011 by Lynne Sealie, Miles Nicholls and Matt Branford, Atlas of Living Australia ALA is making improvements to data quality on many fronts. As we work with data providers, including Australian museums, herbaria and state government conservation agencies, to mobilise their data, we are ensuring their work is acknowledged as authoritative. We are funding a major program of work to create the most comprehensive names list for Australian species...

  7. Site Page: Atlas developments in 2011 – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 5th April 2011 By Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia development team has been making significant progress in delivering the planned ALA tools and services. A number of these are already available and others will be launched in the coming months. Here is an update to highlight some of these developments...

  8. Site Page: ALA and the Great Eastern Ranges initiative – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 6th April 2011 By Lynne Sealie, Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is collaborating with the Greater Eastern Ranges Initiative (GER) to increase the use of ALA tools by GER partners in their project activities...

  9. Site Page: Keeping up to speed with ALA’s new blog – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 6th April 2011 By Lynne Sealie, Atlas of Living Australia The ALA’s new blog is a quick way to catch up on the latest developments and tools in the Atlas project, whether it’s enhanced mapping tools or innovative ways of analysing data for research...

  10. Site Page: New ALA technology helps Birds Australia – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 6th April 2011 With the recent growth of internet and mobile-based applications, it’s easier than ever for naturalists to discover information and record field observations of Australian birds. By using a new web-based ‘Citizen Science’ application developed by the Atlas of Living Australia, Birds Australia volunteers can report their sightings and contribute photos to whichever project they are participating in, and then see and edit their own records. Visit...