Some fantastic results from the Great Aussie BioQuest, with over 34000 sightings and iDs, 3801 species mapped, and over a hundred potential new species found during the country’s National Science Week.
Congratulations to everyone involved and to the winners, with a special acknowledgement to the event’s Ambassador, Costa Georgiadis, and to the event’s sponsors, Bush Heritage and Inspiring Australia.
A special acknowledgement to Google Cloud Services for providing maps support and to Digital Ocean (DigitalOcean.com) for providing server support during the period of such high activity (a new sighting or ID arriving every 15 seconds!).
The expert-verified biodiversity data goes to the Atlas of Living Australia, while donations for the expertise are distributed to numerous conservation partners. Well done Australia!