Overview
Birdlife Australia approached Gaia Resources to build a Citizen Science smartphone app to support a Black Cockatoo Significant Trees initiative in Western Australia. Birdlife Australia conduct a range of activities as part of their Southwest Black Cockatoo Recovery Program with support from WA State NRM Office and private organisations. With a small budget and simple requirements, we investigated a number of low-entry options and subsequently deployed a mobile application for iOS and Android based on the Glide-apps platform.
This free application-as-a-service approach allowed us to build a form and mapping capability based on a specific questionnaire to capture observations of black cockatoos of various species roosting or feeding in trees in the Perth and Peel region. Data is collected and stored through an easy-to-use Google Sheet approach that the client can manage into the future. The app was successfully deployed and is now being used to capture valuable data to support Birdlife Australia’s future land management decisions.
