Cairns Esplanade BioBlitz 2015

The Cairns Esplanade Bioblitz is a public hands-on citizen science event teaming volunteers with expert scientists and enthusiasts to observe, capture or photograph the local plant and wild life.

Hundreds of people are able to contribute to the “citizen science” collection of data which creates a comprehensive picture of the biodiversity of the selected area. The data collected is uploaded at the basecamp on to the Atlas of Living Australia to allow global access to the biodiversity information. Many local Cairns groups are working together to bring an estimated 30 scientist /enthusiast to work with about 300 citizen scientists to survey and record the local biodiversity during the event from 2pm to 8pm on Saturday 17th. We anticipate about 10 school groups for lead-in introductions on Friday 16th.

凯恩斯滨海步道生物闪电调查（Cairns Esplanade Bioblitz）是一项公共实践性公民科学（citizen science）活动，它将志愿者与专业科学家及爱好者集结起来，共同观察、捕捉或拍摄当地的动植物。

数百人能够为公民科学数据收集贡献力量，这些数据将构建所选区域生物多样性的全面图景。收集到的数据会在大本营上传至澳大利亚生命图谱（Atlas of Living Australia），以便全球用户获取该生物多样性信息。凯恩斯当地的多个团体正在协作，预计将邀请30名科学家/爱好者与约300名公民科学家一道，在17日周六下午2点至8点的活动期间调查并记录当地的生物多样性。我们预计16日周五将有大约10个学校团体参与前期介绍活动。