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ALA Impact stories Protecting Australia’s restricted access plants and animals through better data access EcoAssets launched: access streamlined data for environmental reporting Bushfire recovery projects: Increasing our understanding of how nature responds to fire Echidna CSI: Using citizen science to track echidnas throughout Australia ALA helps to stop pests in their tracks Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia: unlocking the treasures in Australia’s biodiversity literature International Living Atlases: Australian software used across the globe
ALA Webinars ALA Webinar: Exploring next gen biodiversity detection technologies ALA Webinar: Understanding Australian Biodiversity with Technology ALA Webinar: Transforming Australia’s biological collections to open data ALA National Science Week 2023 recordings ALA Webinar: Safeguarding Sensitive Species ALA Webinar: Advances in Genomics and Biological Collections ALA webinar: Advances in Biodiversity Modelling National Science Week 2022 ALA webinar: Protecting Australia’s ecosystems: novel approaches to biosecurity management ALA webinar: New Data From Historic Collections
An iNaturalist Australia milestone Posted on 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 …
Improving the ALA’s search results Posted on 26th September 2024 The ALA's Data Profile has been updated for better search results
ALA Webinar: Exploring next gen biodiversity detection technologies Posted on 6th September 2024 Access to high-quality biodiversity data is more essential than ever in understanding and responding to changes in our natural environment. This infor…
Make biodiversity data cleaning shrimp-ler! Posted on 20th August 2024 ALA’s new book – Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R
Director’s Update – July 2024 Posted on 22nd July 2024 Welcome to the July 2024 edition of our Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) newsletter. In this issue, we are excited to release our 2024-25 ALA Annual Wo…
New ALA data mobilisation projects Posted on 17th July 2024 The ALA Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program (ABDMP) was developed to promote and improve the scientific understanding of Australia’s r…
Where to find the ALA Posted on 11th July 2024 The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) champions open science and fosters collaboration with data providers, users, and the broader biodiversity communit…
Beyond the cityscapes: How a new tool values urban wetlands Posted on 5th June 2024 Did you know that small bodies of water in your city, like ponds or retention basins, play a crucial role in the environment? These urban wetlands are…