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Protecting Australia’s restricted access plants and animals through better data access

Launching the National Framework for the Sharing of Restricted Access Species Data and the Restricted Access Species Data Service for Australia

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…

Bushfire recovery projects: Increasing our understanding of how nature responds to fire

3rd November 2021

The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) are working together on three new innovative c…

Echidna CSI: Using citizen science to track echidnas throughout Australia

1st November 2021

Echidna CSI is a research project run by the University of Adelaide using data collected by citizen scientists to study echidnas. The project has had …

ALA helps to stop pests in their tracks

The Atlas of Living Australia and its large network of biodiversity data providers are helping our national Environmental Biosecurity Office (EBO) in…

Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia: unlocking the treasures in Australia’s biodiversity literature

BHL Australia is a national project working to digitise Australia’s biodiversity heritage literature and make it freely accessible online.

International Living Atlases: Australian software used across the globe

The Atlas of Living Australia is a world leader in biodiversity data infrastructure. Software code originally developed by our Australian team is now …