During September, Greater Dandenong Council celebrates Biodiversity Month with a range of events and activities for the community to participate in.
Biodiversity Month aims to promote the importance of connecting with and caring for nature in all its diversity.
Biodiversity Blitz 2024
Each September, Greater Dandenong partners with several of our neighbouring councils to host the Biodiversity Blitz. The competition runs between all participating councils to see who can record the most species using the iNaturalist app.
Participating is easy, all you need is your smart phone or a camera and access to the iNaturalist app or website.
Join the City of Greater Dandenong Biodiversity Blitz project from the 1-30 September by simply heading outdoors to snap photos of living things in Greater Dandenong and then upload your finds to iNaturalist. You'll be contributing to community science and showing the world the brilliant biodiversity Greater Dandenong has to offer.
Register for the 2024 Biodiversity Blitz here.
iNaturalist Community Champions Webinar
If you'd like to know more about participating and using the iNaturalist app, you can watch a free online webinar.
Community members from different municipalities across Victoria came together to share stories and experiences of being a citizen scientist.
In the webinar you'll learn how and why they use iNaturalist, typical or unusual observations they've made and where they like to explore.
