Discover & Protect
Your data. Real impact.
© Jenny Thynne
Home to some of Australia’s most extraordinary wildlife
Queensland is Australia’s most biodiverse state — and one of the most biologically rich places on Earth.
%
of Australia’s mammals
%
of our native birds
%
of our native reptiles
threatened species in Queensland
Yet only 10% of these threatened species have population and status trends available.
We don’t know if they’re recovering, stable, or quietly disappearing.
If we don’t have the data, we can’t protect threatened wildlife.
Join the movement
Every survey. Every sighting.
Every upload makes a difference.
Help us protect Queensland’s wildlife by becoming a citizen scientist today.
Our mission
Bridging the gap together.
Community involvement has never been more vital. Queenslanders like you have already contributed over 50% of species recorded on iNaturalist.
Discover & Protect empowers Queenslanders to gather real biodiversity data via iNaturalist, feeding directly into the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and WildNet.
By joining, you help collect long-term data that professionals alone cannot, using nothing but your phone.
Register for your free starter guide, BioBlitz locations, and updates.
How Discover & Protect works
Four goals. One app. Real outcomes.
Provide skills & tools
Equip the community to collect valuable biodiversity data
Analyse trends
Capture variation and detectability to build a reliable picture over time
Track species changes
Monitor shifts in distribution and population across Queensland
Strengthen conservation
Strengthen conservation via data sharing with ALA & WildNet
Where to start?
Start in your backyard
You’ll be amazed by the biodiversity just outside your door.
Download the starter guide and free resources when you register.
Join a BioBlitz
Join a community surveying event in Queensland.
Our projects
Monitoring projects under Discover & Protect.
BTRW Conservation Network
Queensland Glider Network
EchidnaWatch
Quoll Seekers Network
RBCN
PlatypusWatch
BTRW Conservation Network
EchidnaWatch
RBCN
Queensland Glider Network
PlatypusWatch
Quoll Seekers Network
Partners & sponsors
Want to go a step further?
Chip in with a donation and support our work.