Biodiversity and high-performance computing
On Friday, 14th, May, I went to an event at the University of Western Australia, titled “Global biodiversity hotspot with... Continue reading →
The ALA and Big Data for Biodiversity
On Wednesday 9 December, Chris Roach and I attended a webinar hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), celebrating... Continue reading →
TDWG 2020 Conference – avenues into integration
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual conference was, like so many others, an online-only experience. With an audience of uber-nerds... Continue reading →
Twenty Years of Descriptive Data
As part of his ongoing series of retrospectives on the development of significant biodiversity data sets in Western Australia, Alex... Continue reading →
Evidence-based planning for resilient World Heritage Areas
Yesterday I attended an online event discussing planning for resilient World Heritage Areas, focussing on case studies in the Gondwanan... Continue reading →
Dieback Conference 2020
On Friday 11th September 2020 Piers and I attended the Dieback Information Group Conference and South Coast NRM Dieback Information... Continue reading →
Biodiversity Information Standards 2020 Virtual Conference
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational association formed to establish international collaboration among the creators, managers... Continue reading →
Drones for Wildlife
Over the last couple of years, Gaia Resources developed a desktop app for the team at Wildlife Drones to act... Continue reading →
Twenty years of WA floristic data
I’ve been with Gaia Resources for six years now (!), and grateful to have found a home where my specialist... Continue reading →
Current biodiversity initiatives in Australia
I recently attended an online forum presenting the outcomes of a major review of Australia’s taxonomic resources, as part of... Continue reading →
The Data Challenge for (Citizen) Science
DATA. It takes centre stage for all science projects – its definition, collection, organisation, analysis and as a significant part... Continue reading →
Supporting students through Work in Learning
Over the years, we’ve tried to support future generations of students wherever we can: through the scholarship we used to... Continue reading →
Technology and Environmental Regulation
I was recently asked the question: what can a technology company do for environmental regulation? It’s a great question and... Continue reading →
A Carbon Budget for Western Australia
I recently attended a seminar exploring the proposal that WA should legislate a carbon budget to reduce its greenhouse gas... Continue reading →
Bristlebird Adventures: Designing Technology to Support Saving Wildlife
Editors note: We’ve been working with Jessie Oliver on a few citizen science projects over the last year or so,... Continue reading →
Phenological analysis of Eucalyptus wandoo for honey bee foraging
You can read this post on the Honey Bee Products Cooperative Research Centre site (see http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com/phenological-analysis-of-eucalyptus-wandoo-for-honey-bee-foraging/). Why not try out... Continue reading →
Reflections of a Hobbyist Beekeeper, Part Two
When Barbara and I previously talked about the research I’ve been working on with the Honey Bee Products Cooperative Research... Continue reading →
Reflections of a Hobbyist Beekeeper, Part One
This week, Barbara, one of our spatial analysts, talks about a special out-of-hours pursuit and how it links to projects... Continue reading →
Threatened species – mapping stories
I attended the NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub Roadshow recently, hosted by WA’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Science Division. The... Continue reading →
Researching honey bees, floristics and data management
We’ve been steadily developing our research capacity at Gaia Resources, and as part of that I am now seconded to... Continue reading →