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Using the ALA to help develop biodiverse plantings suitable for changing climatic conditions

11th October 2012

A key challenge for revegetation practitioners is to select plant material that will be suitable for both current and future climatic conditions. Th…

Look for Whale Sharks in your Lounge Room

21st August 2012

Spot whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef without leaving your loungeroom with a new virtual expedition on the Atlas of Living Australia Biodiversity Volunte…

Sign up to GBIF Australia email alerts

8th August 2012

Subscribe to GBIF Australia’s email alerts to get the latest news and information on GBIF’s activities in Australia and globally. Subscrib…

Call for proposals to enrich metadata and promote data paper publication

6th August 2012

Deadline: 17 September 2012 The GBIF Secretariat is inviting proposals from GBIF Nodes for activities to engage with data publishers to promote deli…

Special issue of ZooKeys is dedicated to the digitisation of natural history collections

The most recent issue of ZooKeys (209) is entirely dedicated to the digitisation of natural history collections around the world. The catchy title, &#…

Panoramio

Panoramio Panoramio is a free service that allows you to upload, view and map spatially registered images (images that have be geolocated: given a lat…

Annotations – alerts about new annotations and annotations of interest

How are annotations to records returned to the data provider? The best way to do this is to set up a filter for the records you are interested in, and…

The different challenges of integrating data from many sources

By Juliette Bryan, Data Analyst at the ALA One of the challenges the Atlas of Living Australia faces is the integration of biodiversity occurre…

New ways to keep in touch

29th February 2012

The Atlas has changed its methods for keeping you informed about significant developments. We now have a means where you can receive email alerts abou…