EXPLORE YOUR BACKYARD
Discover the habitats, native plants and wildlife recorded around the place you call home.
Explore near home ↗What nature is hiding in your neighbourhood?
Discover koala habitat, threatened animals and plants, native vegetation and known weeds on and around a Queensland property. Start with an address.
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Building your biodiversity report
- Finding the lot and drawing the maps
- Searching WildNet for threatened species records
- Writing the report
Not sure what you are looking at? Photograph it with the iNaturalist app (App Store · Google Play). It suggests an identification, other naturalists confirm it, and every observation you post becomes a record that reports like this one can use.
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BIODIVERSITY EXPLORERDEMONSTRATION
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DID YOU KNOW?
HABITAT NEARBY↗
6 topics to explore3 map layers
NATURE, CONNECTED
Habitat maps
+Species records
+Local knowledge
=Your biodiversity picture ↗
01 / EXAMPLE OF A BIODIVERSITY REPORT
One address. A world of life.
What will you discover?
DISCOVERIES AT A GLANCE
Did you know what’s been mapped near you?
ILLUSTRATIVE PROPERTY
Get to know
your wild neighbours.
Explore habitats and recorded species, and learn what the different maps can tell you.
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Maps are clues, not sightings. Habitat mapping and nearby records help you explore what could be around you. They do not prove a species is on the property.
The rows above are illustrative. See the real Peachester State School report for what a full report contains.A LITTLE CURIOSITY GOES A LONG WAY
SUBURB LEADERBOARD
Which suburbs have the most to discover?
WHAT HAS ALREADY GONE
Loss of biodiversity found
These species were recorded in a suburb where someone ran a report, and are listed as extinct or extinct in the wild. Every one is a reminder of what protecting habitat is for.
Records: WildNet, Queensland Government. Photos and descriptions: as credited on each species card.
02 / FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
Discover what makes your place special.
From the canopy to the creek.
There’s more to your place than you think.
LOOK CLOSER. LEARN MORE.
Every place has
a nature story.
Discover yours.
A patch of trees might connect wildlife habitat. A nearby record might reveal a threatened animal you’ve never seen. Biodiversity Checker brings maps and species information together so you can explore the nature around you and understand why it matters.
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03 / MAKE A CONNECTION
Your place. Your chance to learn.
GET CURIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE
Find out which threatened animals and plants have been recorded nearby, and what habitat they need.
Discover local wildlife ↗CARE FOR YOUR PATCH
Learn about native vegetation and known weeds so you can start asking how to help local biodiversity.
Get to know your patch ↗04 / ABOUT US
Who is behind Biodiversity Checker?
PEACHESTERSTATE SCHOOL
A STEM and FLL school
ECOLOGISTS
A PROJECT POWERED BY CURIOSITY
The BioGlow team’s idea.
A closer look at nature.
Biodiversity Checker is the Peachester State School BioGlow FLL team’s project to help people discover and care about the biodiversity around them. It brings environmental maps and species information into an approachable view, with ecological context from Queensland Ecologists.
Meet Queensland Ecologists ↗05 / THE TEAM
Meet the BioGlow team.
Seven students from Peachester State School. Names and photos appear as each family says yes.
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