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Program Partners
Founding Sponsor
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Marine Sponsor Principal Sponsor Data contributes to
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1. Introduction (30 minutes)
3. Explore the Trail (30 minutes)
5. Enter Data (15 minutes)
7. Create A Trail Process (10 minutes)
9. Conclusion (5 minutes)
► Founded in Massachusetts, 1971
► Earthwatch Australia incorporated 1982
► Solutions focused and non-adversarial
► In 2009, 100 projects in 42 countries
► 3,500 ‘citizen scientists’ involved each year
► Making a difference– More than 150 new species of plants & animals
discovered in Australia in 2009
– Partnering with responsible businesses for more than 20 years
– 139 new management strategies developed since 2002
– 224 peer reviewed scientific publications in Australia
About Earthwatch
Earthwatch promotes sustainability by engaging people in science-based conservation.
Winner of the 2009 Prime Minister’s Award for Australian Environmentalist of the Year
SCIENCE
GOVERNMENT
About EarthwatchThree tiers of engagement
BUSINESS
COMMUNITY
Three tiers of engagement
Australia’s changing climate
Australia’s changing climate
Australia’s Biogeography
2007 IPCC 4AR
Australian Magpie Nesting is linked to temperature
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Nest Record Scheme
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AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE (Gibbs 2007 Emu 107: 284-293)
Common Brown Butterfly is emerging earlier
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What is ClimateWatch?
• What is it? – which species• Where was it? – location it was seen• When was it there? – date of the observation• How was it behaving? – nesting, flowering, calling
ClimateWatch allows every Australian to help shape our country’s scientific response to climate change.
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Time
Flowering: A seasonal event
Time
A shifting in timing
ClimateWatch Development
Technical AdvisoryPanel
Science AdvisoryPanel
Community EngagementPanel
ClimateWatch Indicator Species Groups
Why monitor these species?
Species/How Many/Behaviour/Comments
How to record using a map
OBSERVE. RECORD. DISCOVER
Lets go for a walk…
Citizen Scientist Capacity Building
What is ClimateWatch
Register 1 Record 5+ RecordsRegularSeasonalRecords
Increasing individual confidence and skill
Increasing data quality
IKEA Effect
Creating a ClimateWatch Trail
Choose a Trail Site
Shortlist ClimateWatch species from the site management plan or
flora/fauna list
Start observing andrecording
Send to ClimateWatch•Species list,•Key plant locations,•Water/Frog locations,
ClimateWatch creates•Activity Page,•Recording sheet,•Compiled fieldguide,
Why record on data on a ClimateWatch Trail?
Be featured in a ClimateWatch news item
Climate Watch - Tadarida australis dataOct to Dec 2010
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How is ClimateWatch data validated and interpreted
Australian Curriculum Links L7 – L10
SCIENCE INQUIRY SKILLS•Planning and Conducting•Processing and analysing data and information•Communicating
SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING•Biological Sciences
SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR•Nature and the development of Science•Use and influence of Science
Program Partners
Founding Sponsor
climatewatch.org.au
@Earthwatch_Aus
Marine Sponsor Principal Sponsor Data contributes to