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Call for citizen scientists! Ecologists gathering in Launceston want to know what nature is in your backyard

28th November 2019

600 ecologists gathering in Launceston have called for local’s help to snap local plants, fungi and animals – with one researcher particularly int…

GEO Week 2019 Ministerial Summit

12th November 2019

Last week the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), an intergovernmental body of 105 member countries and 127 participating organisations, hosted GEO Wee…

Indigenous language names in the ALA

29th October 2019

At the PULiiMA 2019 Indigenous Languages & Technology Conference in Darwin in September, Senior Knowledge holders from the Kamilaroi community, Bernad…

iNaturalist Australia launched

2nd October 2019

This week we launched iNaturalist Australia, the Australian node of iNaturalist, the world’s leading global social biodiversity network. We now …

National Science Week 10-18 August 2019

8th August 2019

It’s that time of year again when we can all indulge our inner geek. Check out some of these National Science Week events being run by our partners …

ALA new website design – now live

Here is a summary of changes we’ve launched as part of the redesign. Improvements to navigation The ALA homepage has a new layout with the following…

Living Atlases community releases two new video tutorials

In 2013, the Living Atlases community was established by GBIF to help countries around the world develop biodiversity infrastructure based on the ALA'…