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Learning by doing: sponsoring Yugul Mangi Rangers and ecologists in remote Arnhem Land

5th December 2014

The Aboriginal Yugul Mangi Rangers (a group of 5 men and 4 women) are working together with Emilie Ens and Mitchell Scott, ecologists from Macquarie U…

Calling all citizen scientists

5th November 2014

With summer almost here, now is the perfect time to get out of the house and enjoy Australia’s great outdoors. And what better way to do it than by …

ESA delegates learn about the ALA Spatial Portal

10th October 2014

Over 50 delegates from the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) conference now have a better understanding of the data and tools provided by the Atla…

Upcoming event: ReefBlitz, Cannonvale Beach, QLD.

9th October 2014

On October the 24th and 25th, the first ever ReefBlitz will be happening at Cannonvale Beach (just north of Airlie Beach) in Queensland. Whether you w…

DigiVol reaches 100,000 transcriptions and a mollusc milestone

2nd October 2014

DigiVol is a collaboration between the Australian Museum and the Atlas of Living Australia that was initially an experimental foray into crowd-sourcin…

ALA helps bring CSIRO’s new biodiversity book to life

26th August 2014

CSIRO’s new book, Biodiversity: Science and Solutions for Australia, is jam-packed with the latest scientific knowledge about Australia’s biodiver…

Coastal Environment Centre using Atlas of Living Australia

18th August 2014

Species occurrence data maps produced by the Atlas of Living Australia are being used by the Coastal Environment Centre (CEC) in North Narrabee…

Australia’s Virtual Herbarium: 5 million records and counting

13th August 2014

Australia’s Virtual Herbarium: 5 million records and counting (re-published from the original available at http://avh.chah.org.au/index.php/news/) …

Foundations for the Future

Foundations for the future: a long-term plan for Australian ecosystem science was launched by the Chief Scientist of Australia Prof Ian Chubb AC last…