Marine Parks WA app gets an uplift
With the support and collaboration of Parks Australia‘s Australian Marine Parks team and Rachel Hutton at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation... 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 →
Essential Service Volunteers App
In late 2019, Gaia Resources answered a call from the Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades WA, who were seeking a partner... Continue reading →
IBSA Submissions Portal launch
Gaia Resources has recently been working with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation to develop a submissions portal for... Continue reading →
Savanna Fire Forum Preview
This week I am attending the North Australia Savanna Fire Forum, a two-day meeting that aims to facilitate discussion and... 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 →
Possums and Gliders now in the Urban Wildlife app
A few years ago we developed the Urban Wildlife app for the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub. The... 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 →
I Spy Koala App is Live
We have previously blogged here and here about our collaboration with NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE), previously... Continue reading →
NatureLink and the Circular Economy
I had the good fortune to attend two very interesting events recently. And if I learnt anything from these two... Continue reading →
A greener cloud…
A few* years ago “the cloud” started to become the popular buzzword, and I’ll always remember AJ quipping that “only... Continue reading →
Big Data and Biodiversity
Last week, the WA Mega Data Cluster ran an event “Big Data for Biodiversity”, which had a range of speakers... Continue reading →
Savanna burning and carbon abatement
A few weeks ago I headed along to the Savanna Fire Forum at Charles Darwin University, and to the subsequent... Continue reading →
Biodiversity informatics future requirements
In a blog from last month I wrote about the good work that’s already been done within individual biodiversity knowledge domains. But... Continue reading →
Launching Wildlife Drones in WA
Deb from Wildlife Drones was in town in mid-December 2018 presenting their integrated wildlife tracking system to Department of Biodiversity,... Continue reading →
Challenge: Dynamic Fungi Field Guide
You hopefully read last October’s blog post on visualising available data on the collecting history of Leadbeater’s Possum in the... Continue reading →
Giving back to the Environment
I thought I’d expand upon the previous blog post that mentioned our Perth Christmas function was held at Cottesloe, helping... Continue reading →
Merry Christmas!
Today (Friday 21st December) is the last day of our working year here at Gaia Resources, and we’re off to... Continue reading →
Delivering on collaboration
Since our last blog back in September about the BioSys work we had been finalising with the NSW Office of... 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 →