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New projects will fill gaps in Australia’s national biodiversity data system

11th December 2025

Six new biodiversity data mobilisation projects will contribute approximately 85,000 new records to the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) under our Aust…

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How do we get more rare species records?

19th March 2025

While some species have millions of observations recorded in the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), many lesser-known species have few or even no public…

New biodiversity data set to benefit all

17th December 2024

The Atlas of Living Australia's (ALA) Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program (ABDMP) offers grants to support people and institutions in ma…

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An iNaturalist Australia milestone

15th October 2024

After launching internationally in 2008, iNaturalist has blossomed into one of the most popular citizen science platforms in the world with more than …

EcoAssets launched: access streamlined data for environmental reporting

Through EcoAssets, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) a…

ALA webinar: Environmental data infrastructures – Data and technology trends

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 a…

ALA webinar: Innovations in biodiversity data management

It is now easier than ever to capture biodiversity information, with innovations in smartphones, digitisation and data storage driving massive growth …

Improving access to sensitive species data

17th February 2021

Data for sensitive species is critical for researching and managing our threatened species and ecosystems. Currently, sensitive species data is hard t…