Sector Lead

Aug 30, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | Sector Lead |Erin Roger

Across Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big or too small. As wildlife ecologists, we are indebted to this army of volunteers. Citizen scientists are everyday people, who are not necessarily experts but who conduct scientific research. There are more than 100,000 citizen scientists in Australia alone.

Aug 28, 2024 | eveningreport.nz | Erin Roger |Sector Lead

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Sector Lead, Atlas of Living Australia, CSIROAcross Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big or too small. As wildlife ecologists, we are indebted to this army of volunteers. Citizen scientists are everyday people, who are not necessarily experts but who conduct scientific research.

Apr 1, 2024 | thetimes.com.au | Erin Roger |Sector Lead

Every weekend, thousands of citizen scientists head into the great outdoors. If they see an unusual animal, plant or fungi, they take a photo and upload it. This simple act by bushwalkers with smartphones is, in aggregate, increasingly valuable to researchers. Half of all records uploaded to Australia’s largest open-data aggregator, the Atlas of Living Australia[1], now come from[2] citizen scientists – and this number is likely to keep growing.