Director’s Update – July 2024 Posted on 31st July 2024 Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the Atlas of Living Australia’s (ALA) newsletter. In this issue, we are excited to release our 2024-25 ALA A…
Beyond Australia’s Cityscapes: How a New Tool Values Urban Wetlands Posted on 26th June 2024 Did you know that small bodies of water in Australia’s cities, like ponds or retention basins, play a crucial role in the environment? These urb…
ALA Webinar: Understanding Australia Biodiversity with Technology Posted on 12th June 2024 As a mega-diverse continent, Australia’s home to hundreds of thousands of species, with more being discovered every year. Despite this, Australi…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science Posted on 26th February 2024 February 11th 2024 is the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women …
Call for applications – GBIF 2024 Graduate Researchers Award Posted on 28th July 2023 The 2024 programme will provide two €5,000 prizes (approx. AUD $8,200) recognising the work of two early-career researchers. Nominations are open to…
Protecting Australian biodiversity with data Posted on 23rd August 2022 Meet our ALA Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program winners As Australia is home to unique biodiversity and ecosystems, it’s vital that r…
ALA Webinar: Transforming Australia’s biological collections to open data Posted on 23rd August 2022 The Atlas of Living Australia’s (ALA) first webinar of 2024 showcased a selection of amazing projects from the Australian Biodiversity…
This is one bird to be cass-o-wary of! Posted on 22nd August 2022 Err… is that a bird or a dinosaur? Well, both (kind of)! We’re talking about the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), often described as …
