Canberra Nature Map

Canberra Nature Map is a repository for park care groups, volunteers and members of the public to report sightings of rare and endangered plant species and any of the many treasures in Canberra's nature parks. Canberra Nature Map was founded by Aaron Clausen, a mountain biker who accidentally rode through a patch of critically endangered Canberra spider orchids and became entranced by their beauty and fragility.

Objectives
With your help, we aim to:

Accurately map every rare plant in the ACT and maintain records for future generations.
Improve public education and awareness of the plant diversity and significance of Canberra's Nature Parks.
Influence development decisions and protect Canberra's treasures by providing critical species location data to Government.
The "rare" plant list utilised by Canberra Nature Map is an informal list of those plant species that currently are only known from a few records within the ACT. Existing plant records for the ACT were gleaned from the Atlas of Living Australia, targeted surveys of Canberra Nature Park and plant lists derived from general vegetation surveys and monitoring across the ACT. It also includes all orchid species, that by their nature are restricted and/or sensitive. It is hoped that Canberra Nature Map will help clarify the status of these uncommon plants within the ACT. In the meantime Canberra Nature Map, by providing readily accessible and up to date locational information enables a precautionary approach to be taken towards the management and protection of the uncommon plant species found within our reserves.
How it works
The general public and nature lovers report their rare plant sightings and photographs.
The Canberra Nature Map community and our nature experts moderate and comment on the sightings.
An accurate species identification is discussed and confirmed.
Meanwhile, the general public are reading and learning about Canberra's treasures and the plants which occur in the places that they hold close to heart.
High quality rare plant sighting information is sent to the ACT Government Conservation, Planning and Research unit and the CSIRO Atlas of Living Australia.
This knowledge is fed into planning, development and conservation management decisions.

堪培拉自然地图（Canberra Nature Map）是面向公园管护团队、志愿者及普通民众的资源库，用于上报堪培拉自然公园内珍稀濒危植物物种与各类自然瑰宝的观测记录。该平台由山地骑行爱好者亚伦·克劳森（Aaron Clausen）创立——他曾意外骑行途经一片极危的堪培拉蜘蛛兰种群，自此被其美丽与脆弱深深吸引。

目标
在您的助力下，我们致力于达成以下目标：
1. 精准绘制澳大利亚首都领地（Australian Capital Territory，ACT）全境所有珍稀植物的分布地图，并为后世留存完整观测记录；
2. 提升公众对堪培拉自然公园内植物多样性及其生态价值的认知与科普教育水平；
3. 向政府提交关键物种的位置数据，以此影响开发决策，切实保护堪培拉的自然瑰宝。

堪培拉自然地图所采用的“珍稀”植物清单为非正式名录，收录当前仅在ACT境内存有少量观测记录的植物物种。现有ACT植物记录源自《澳大利亚生物分布图集（Atlas of Living Australia）》、针对堪培拉自然公园的针对性专项调查，以及覆盖全ACT的通用植被调查与监测衍生出的植物名录。此外，该清单还涵盖所有本身具有分布受限性或敏感性的兰科植物。我们期望通过堪培拉自然地图，厘清这些珍稀植物在ACT境内的生存现状。与此同时，堪培拉自然地图凭借便捷可及的最新位置信息，可为保护区内珍稀植物的管理与保护采取预防性措施提供有力支撑。

运行机制
普通民众及自然爱好者可上报其观测到的珍稀植物及相关影像资料；
堪培拉自然地图社区及自然领域专家将对观测记录进行审核与点评；
经充分研讨后，确认物种的精准鉴定结果；
与此同时，普通民众可通过平台了解并学习堪培拉的自然瑰宝，以及生长在他们所珍视之地的各类植物；
高质量的珍稀植物观测信息将被报送至ACT政府保护、规划与研究部门，以及澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）旗下的《澳大利亚生物分布图集》；
相关知识将被纳入规划、开发与保护管理决策的参考依据。