Media and links to other summaries.
Discover what wild things inhabit the Southern Hemisphere in 2021 for the second-ever Great Southern BioBlitz!
Overall: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2021-umbrella-project
Australia and surrounds: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2021-oceania-umbrella-project
South America: (none yet).
The ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.
As we are international, in Spanish we are known as 'Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur’, while in Portuguese we are known as ‘Grande BioBlitz do Hemisfério Sul’.
The purpose of this event is to highlight both the immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere in the flourishing springtime, as well as to engage the greater public in science and nature learning.
By the end of October, the natural world is on full throttle. Flowers are blooming, insects are emerging, birds are singing, and reptiles are coming out of their winter hibernation. It makes sense for us to observe life at this time of year!
GSB21 will be held from Friday the 22nd of October until the end of Monday on the 25th of October, incorporating different communities, areas and regions across the Southern Hemisphere.
To find out more information about this event, check out our website at https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website/about
Follow us:
- on Facebook (@GSBioblitz)
- on Twitter (GSBioblitz)
on Instagram ((gsbioblitz)
And use the following # on social media:
#GSB21 #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #GrandeBioblitzdoHemisferioSul #GranBiobusquedadelSur
Increasing biodiversity awareness through Citizen Science
To get involved as an organiser, fill in the form https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website/organiser-information
Previous events
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-umbrella
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-africa-unaffiliated
Check out this summary blog about the 2020 Great Southern Bioblitz 'Great Southern Bioblitz - Amazing First Year!' by Pete Crowcroft (AKA @possumpete )
