Wild DNA
Description: Training citizens in surveying and restoring biodiversity with environmental DNA
Dates
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Start 2018-03-01
Form updated 2021-08-02
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Location
Victorian Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Aims
Involve citizens in collecting data to support evidence-based environmental policy
Train people to collect and analyse environmental DNA samples from critically endangered species in the Victorian Central Highlands.
Train people in restoration techniques, including using remote monitoring of sound and video and drone surveying.
Publish, including novel baseline geotagged data in the ‘Atlas of Living Australia’.
Keywords
citizen science
edna
dna
endangered species
Victorian Central Highlands
biodiversity
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This project is still in progress and more information will be added to future versions of this report.