YACTAC Bioblitz

RSVP for lunch catering to Karen - 0437 192 444 - env@yactac.org.au

 

Increasing biodiversity awareness through Citizen Science

The 'Great Southern BioBlitz', or 'GSB' for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.

The purpose of this event is to highlight both the immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere in the flourishing springtime, as well as to engage the public in science and nature learning using the citizen science platform iNaturalist. As we are international, in Spanish we are known as 'Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur', while in Portuguese we are known as 'Grande BioBlitz do Hemisfério Sul'.

By the end of November, the natural world is on full throttle. Flowers are blooming, insects are emerging, birds are singing, and reptiles are coming out of their winter hibernation. It makes sense for the Southern Hemisphere to observe life at this time of year!

The GSB25 will be held from the 24th until the 27th of October, incorporating different communities, areas and regions across the Southern Hemisphere.

YACTAC and Refreshing Rivers have organised an event in Jerilderie on Friday 24th October. This event will include a community gathering for lunch. All you need is access to a phone or ipad, take some photos, and upload to the iNaturalist App. A simple screen recording of this process will be uploaded soon. If you can't make it to the event, go for a walk around your home, in the park, down by the creek, take some photos and upload to iNaturalist.