Science Saving Rainforests Update: What are the Demonstration Restoration Sites? 

by Babette Weatherell | Just months after the first genetically optimal trees were planted at the Living Seedbank Plantation, the next phase of the Science Saving Rainforests program is already underway.  The first planting at the Living Seedbank Plantation was a major milestone for the program. Developed through years of genetic research, the genetically optimal trees there represent the best […]

A Look Into The Bioacoustic Bird Monitoring Project

by Babette Weatherell | “A lot of it is just listening.” Clipboard in hand, binoculars slung on her shoulder, khaki button up – the true picture of a bird ecologist out in the field.  Georgia looks up towards the canopy, scanning the twinkling green constellation above. She’s looking but the real work is tuning in to […]

19,000 Observations and Counting: Exploring the Big Scrub Through Citizen Science

Interview with Michelle Colpus | “Every single time I walk out my door I see something I have never seen before.” Over 19,000 observations and more than 3,000 species documented. Not bad for a research institute. Even more impressive when you realise this iNaturalist account instead belongs to one woman with a serious Big Scrub obsession: Michelle.    […]