At Nicky Nicolson’s presentation at the International Botanical Congress and we are shown the Wikidata plugin for the Echinopscis tool. Wikidata #IBC2024

Fungi are the next frontier in biodiversity science; over 90% are yet to be described. Says Alexandre Antonelli Kew Gardens in his public lecture at #IBC2024.

Over 45% of all known flowering plants species could be at risk of extinction, and the situation is even worse for newly described species. Says Alexandre Antonelli Kew Gardens in his public lecture at #IBC2024

Support the 2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant & Fungi Collecting. Sign here: kew.org/science/state-… Kew Gardens #IBC2024

It was wonderful to have the opportunity to share our BHL Australia work "Unlocking the foundation of Australia's botanical knowledge" to the fabulous #IBC2024 global audience (slides here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo…). cc BHL Museums Victoria Atlas of Living Aust

So great to hear from Tanja Schuster from NHM Wien at #IBC2024 about the huge significance of the botanical illustration iconotypes in their collection, particularly those by Bauer, which were used for his Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62545851

Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, President of the #IBC2024 Organising Committee closes the XX International Botanical Congress: 3011 attendees from 19 countries! Thank you to all the organisers & volunteers for herding us all across these incredible 7 days in Madrid.

Stephen Boatwright encourages all participants of #IBC2024 to join the XXI International Botanical Congress in Cape Town & discover all the wonders (not just botanical!) in South Africa. #IBC2029

Huge round of applause for the fabulous #IBC2024 volunteers for all their incredible efforts this wonderful week. 👏

Last week BHL Australia traveled to Moe to speak to the Latrobe Valley Naturalists about our PRO Victoria funded project to make their publications freely available on BHL. They were amazed to see their contribution to biodiversity knowledge so discoverable & interlinked online.

They’re Back! 🦅 The famous Collins St Peregrine Falcons have returned, soaring above Melbourne's CBD 🌆 and laying their first eggs of the season! 🥚🥚 Tune into the 24-hour live stream at: youtube.com/watch?v=VLLNNT…

For all those interested in AI here at #TDWG2024 & #SPNHC2024 (everyone?): Fantastic Futures #FF24, the international conference on AI for Libraries, Archives & Museums will be held at NFSA National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in Canberra, Australia, 15 -18 October 2024. nfsa.gov.au/fantastic-futu…

I'm excited to be speaking at #TDWG2024 #SPNHC2024 tomorrow (Thur) about the biodiversity knowledge & data gathered by Australia's field naturalists (1800s-today) now accessible & discoverable on BHL : 12pm Room B1 (& virtually). Thx PRO Victoria for funding this work.

So great to see so many projects at #TDWG2024 using iNaturalist & encouraging the local community to use it & get involved in #BioBlitz events. These pics are from Kathryn Sullivan’s talk in the Broadening Access Symposium. Kat Sullivan Marquette University

Wonderful to hear about OKEON, the Okinawa Environmental Observation Network and how it’s engaging both university researchers & the local community to gather knowledge and data to inform management and policy. 👏OKEON 美ら森プロジェクト #TDWG2024

So inspiring to hear about the Rutgers University “Herbarium Army”. Env & Biol Science students must complete 126 hours of experience-based learning and boy do they get that with Megan King, coming away with so many work & life skills (and their collection is now 98% digitised!) #TDWG2024

The slides/notes from my presentation "Unlocking the biodiversity heritage of Australia’s regional field naturalists" at #TDWG2024 #SPNHC2024 are online here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… (funded by PRO Victoria & Wikimedia Australia) cc BHL Atlas of Living Aust Museums Victoria iNaturalist