Australian Waterbird Surveys

Australian Waterbird Surveys (AWS) is an information source of waterbird communities around Australia, based on surveys of their diversity and numbers. It relies on rigorous data collection protocols and includes more than 50 waterbird species and up to 30 years of survey data. This open source also includes the extent of flooding of thousands of wetlands observed during our surveys. As a group, waterbirds can be sentinels of the ecological health of our wetlands and rivers. We hope this free information system will help track long-term changes in the environment, provide an assessment tool for individual species, report on our national and international responsibilities and help improve the way we manage our rivers and wetlands. It has been developed with the support of research and government partners.

澳大利亚水鸟调查（AWS）是一项关于澳大利亚周边水鸟群落的信息资源，其基于对水鸟多样性和数量的调查而建立。该资源遵循严谨的数据收集规范，涵盖了超过50种水鸟物种，并包含了长达30年的调查数据。此外，这一开源资源还记录了我们在调查期间观察到的数千个湿地的洪水范围。作为一类生物，水鸟能够充当我们湿地和河流生态健康的预警者。我们期望这一免费的信息系统有助于追踪环境的长期变化，为个体物种提供评估工具，履行我们的国家和国际责任，并有助于改善我们对河流和湿地的管理方式。本资源在研究机构和政府合作伙伴的支持下得以开发。