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

Report authors

Jack Nunn (link)
0000-0003-0316-3254

Location

Victorian Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia

URL

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

Inputs

individual

Jack Nunn

Method: Face to face meetings (rural and metropolitan), online meetings, online discussions, shared documents, grant applications

funding

(link)

28,300.00 (AUD)

Training citizens in surveying and restoring biodiversity with environmental DNA

publication/report/document

Report (link)

Accessibility (URL): https://doi.org/10.26181/5eba630a64e08

Science for All - Publicly funded research report (June 2018-December 2019)

learning item

New eDNA sampling method (link)

Accessibility (URL): https://doi.org/10.26181/5eba630a64e08

Proven method of detecting endangered arboreal mammal (gymnobelideus leadbeateri) using eDNA (

This project is still in progress and more information will be added to future versions of this report.