1. AusPlots
Past, Present and Future
Presentation by Ben Sparrow
With help from the Ausplots team
2. Current Activities
โขEstablish permanent plots (500)
โขStratification
โขDecision making framework
โขTraining
โขManual
โขSampling of vegetation and soil
โขStandardised, Nationally accepted method
3.
4. Challenges
โข Resource constraints make practicalities hard to reconcile with
aspirations.
โข Several Bioregions per state rather than all
โข Difficult engaging stakeholders in a long term program with short
term funding
โข Political complexity is a challenge
โข โItโs not about developing the perfect method, but rather
understanding how imperfect the method is.โ
5. Science Activities
Accurate positioning
Further App Development
Database โ Link to Aekos
Vegetation DNA/isotope
/functional traits
Vouchering
Soils - NSA
Metagenomics
Photopoints
6. The Future
โข To date have been focused on doing what weโre
doing well
โข Strategy:
โข Inform how Australian environments are changing
through time and space
โข Fill gaps where data collection hasnโt occurred
โข Build widespread collaboration
โข Engagement with user community
โข Established enduring sample libraries
โข Attract ongoing funding
โข Fauna Protocols