Can you elaborate on that please Martin? You ask that people submit
their sightings to "the state database". Do you mean the Victorian
database, or are there databases for every state?
How many such databases are there, and who owns them? Assuming that
people who do submit data generally choose one database and submit their
sightings only to that, does this mean that there is also a wealth of
data spread across several disconnected databases? Does anyone ever
gather the data into one database? Does anyone submit their data to
more than one?
Peter Shute
wrote on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 2:15
PM:
> Good to see Jen Spry, encouraging people to atlas their data.
>
> It is very important that all birdos/naturalists forward ALL their
> sightings to the state atlas or other plant/animal database.
> Without this
> knowledge we cannot collectively and effectively manage our natural
> heritage. There's alot of 'little bird books' out there with
> lots of data
> I suspect and most of it will end up being lost ...
>
> In Victoria the primary vertebrate & invertebrate fauna
> database is the
> Atlas of Victorian Wildlife (AVW). My colleagues in the AVW
> section can
> provide AVW Field Data Books (free) to anyone interested (Australia
> post address required) in making their observations available to
> help manage
> our Victorian fauna.
>
> Those interested can contact me directly.
>
> cheers, Martin
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