New EcoCloud project Posted on 26th February 2018 The ALA is engaged in an exciting new EcoCloud project aimed at providing new data and modelling capability to support ecological research and managem…
Setting the benchmark for a streamlined approach to environmental data management Posted on 16th March 2017 The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) have teamed up to produce an integrated data feed to enable r…
ALA and BCCVL workshops on data quality Posted on 7th October 2016 The ALA and the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL) recently ran a series of half-day workshops on data quality at the Unive…
Murray–Darling Basin Authority – new ALA hub Posted on 29th August 2016 The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) have collaborated to develop a new data hub, which is now live and ava…
ALA data attracts hackers Posted on 3rd August 2016 GovHack 2016 took place last weekend involving over 2000 people in 41 locations across Australia and New Zealand. The ALA was one of many datasets av…
Making Tracks to the Atlas: From OzTrack to ZoaTrack Posted on 21st September 2015 From big Crocodiles in Cape York to Little Penguins in and around St Kilda, the biodiversity projects that incorporate tracking devices are providing …
WildCount: Help sift through animal selfies for science! Posted on 14th August 2015 The Atlas of Living Australia is set to receive a dataset that is bursting with thousands of ‘wildlife selfies’ which will eventually f…
The Australian Plant Pest Database and the ALA Posted on 22nd July 2015 The Australian Plant Pest Database (APPD) is a national, secure online database of pests and diseases of Australia’s plant species. The delivery a…
Working together to share and improve the digitisation of biodiversity Posted on 1st June 2015 During April 13-17 2015, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and CSIRO hosted an international summit focused on data sharing and strategies for leve…