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  1. Site Page: Updates to ALA’s name and taxonomy index – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 6th November 2017 Two improvements to the ALA’s naming and taxonomy index within the BIE (Biodiversity Information Explorer) have just been released. The BIE is the taxonomic backbone of the ALA, underpinning information for over 120,000 species. 1. All sources of name and taxonomic information are now visible Data in the BIE is aggregated from many sources across Australia and New Zealand, such as the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) or the New Zealand Organisms Register...

  2. Site Page: Bushcare group use ALA in suburban Brisbane – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 21st November 2017 Since finding out about the ALA, the Rocky Waterholes-Salisbury Bushcare group have been using it in a number of ways to enhance their site in suburban Brisbane. Bushcare groups are made up of volunteers across Australia who come together to restore natural environments in urban reserves. Among other activities, the Rocky Waterholes-Salisbury group cleans up rubbish, removes weeds, and propagates and plants native shrubs and trees...

  3. Site Page: Teacher adds first colour images of underwater species to ALA – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 24th April 2018 Victorian teacher Nick Shaw’s images of unusual underwater creatures with beautiful colouring quickly caught our eye. After further investigation, it turned out that some of Nick’s images were the first images of these species in the ALA that were not museum holotypes. Having images of these creatures in their natural environment is valuable...

  4. Site Page: ALA in use: Dave Maynard, Environmental Consultant – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 2nd July 2018 We talk with an ecologist and environmental consultant, about how he uses the ALA to inform environmental impact assessments and offset planning for development projects. Dave Maynard, Principal Ecologist, NGH Environmental, in his ‘office’ on the Central Tablelands of New South Wales with the threatened Eucalyptus pulverulenta (Silver-leafed Mountain Gum)...

  5. Site Page: Deserved recognition for ecoscience education program – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 24th June 2019 This article first appeared in the TERN newsletter June 2019. Australia’s national training program for environmental science digital research infrastructure, ecoEd, has been honoured as a finalist in the inaugural CAUDIT awards in the category of Innovation in Teaching and Learning...

  6. Site Page: Data in the ALA: bushfire affected areas (2019-2020 bushfire season) – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 30th September 2020 The national dataset of bushfire affected areas for the 2019-20 bushfire season is accessible in the Atlas of Living Australia. Image by Teresa Bealey (CC-BY-NC-4.0) submitted to the University of New South Wales’ Environment Recovery Project: Australian Bushfires 2019-2020 on iNaturalist Australia. This dataset shows all areas of Australia affected by the 2019-2020 bushfires...

  7. Site Page: Bubble bum: Rare bee wee caught on camera – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 10th December 2020 Amateur naturalist Liz Barratt caught this candid photo of a European Honey Bee on her property in Moffatdale, Queensland. European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) caught on camera by Liz Barratt (All rights reserved © lizbarratt). “This was the first year I’d seen our bottlebrush in full bloom and it had a lot of bees around it so I got my camera out. I sat there for several hours over several days just happily snapping away and watching them,” Liz said...

  8. Site Page: BioCollect update: New look for our data collection tool – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 17th May 2022 The ALA’s field data collection system – BioCollect – is getting brand new look. The look and feel will be fresher, cleaner and more intuitive. You can still design your own data collection projects, collect data, share your project with partners, and make the data accessible via the ALA – all in a new design. The new design will be rolled out this May. Visitis https://biocollect.ala.org.au/biocollect-all to get started...

  9. Site Page: Internship opportunities at the Atlas of Living Australia – Atlas of Living Australia

    The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) Internship Program offers aspiring Australian university students a remarkable opportunity to learn and refine best-practice skills and create meaningful connections with professionals working in the industry. Our internship program has options for both undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in Australian universities looking to gain real-world experience...

  10. Site Page: Australian Virtual Seed Bank – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 6th November 2023 In 2023, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and the Australian Seed Bank Partnership (ASBP) collaborated to launch a new version of the Australian Seed Bank Online, the Australian Virtual Seed Bank (AVSB). The AVSB shares sustainable seed collecting and banking practices and provides open-access information about both seed collections and the germination protocols used across seed banks in Australia...