The Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning works in partnership with a range of agencies and stakeholders to protect and preserve Victoria?s native landscape through a range of biodiversity, wildlife and community programs.

We manage threatened species conservation and recovery, biodiversity research, invasive species, and climate change adaptation strategies. - See more at: http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife#sthash.giDedj4S.dpuf

The Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) is the web-based information system designed to manage information about native and naturalised species occurring in Victoria. The system includes species attribute information, including origin and conservation status, along with more than six million records of species distribution and abundance. All the published records have been through the verification process of the VBA which includes review by a panel of Victorian experts.

The VBA includes the data submitted to DELWP from external sources as well as the Department?s own data collections from systematic surveys and general observations. The VBA replaces several legacy systems, including the Victorian Flora Site Database, the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife, the Aquatic Fauna Database and the Victorian Rare or Threatened Plant Population monitoring (VROTPop) systems.

For further information and access to the VBA please go to the DELWP website http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife/biodiversity/victorian-biodiversity-atlas).

The Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning works in partnership with a range of agencies and stakeholders to protect and preserve Victoria’s native landscape through a range of biodiversity, wildlife and community programs. We manage threatened species conservation and recovery, biodiversity research, invasive species, and climate change adaptation strategies. - See more at: http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife#sthash.giDedj4S.dpuf The Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) is the web-based information system designed to manage information about native and naturalised species occurring in Victoria. The system includes species attribute information, including origin and conservation status, along with more than six million records of species distribution and abundance. All the published records have been through the verification process of the VBA which includes review by a panel of Victorian experts. The VBA includes the data submitted to DELWP from external sources as well as the Department’s own data collections from systematic surveys and general observations. For further information and access to the VBA please go to the DELWP website http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife/biodiversity/victorian-biodiversity-atlas) The VBA taxa has been validated using the World Register of Marine Species (http://www.marinespecies.org) and has been included in this dataset if it's habitat is marine. The field scientificnameId contains the WoRMS identifier.

This layer contains a snapshot of flora taxa records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) (including most threatened taxa). The main attributes in this layer are survey id, survey location, date, time, locational accuracy, taxa recorded, counts, observation type, survey type, collector, and reliability of the record. The VERS_DATE column identifies the currency of the data.

Although this is a point layer, the actual accuracy of the site can range from +/- 1m to +/- 500m.

The FFG field has been updated to reflect the 2021 FFG Act amendments, and the Victorian Advisory List (VICADV) is now obsolete.

This layer excludes restricted taxa records. These records are contained in the related (but restricted) dataset VBA_FLORA_RESTRICTED. Public users wishing to view the general location of these records should refer to the related dataset VBA_RESTRICTED_1M.

This layer contains a snapshot of fauna taxa records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) (including most threatened taxa). The main attributes in this layer are survey id, survey location, date, time, locational accuracy, taxa recorded, counts, observation type, survey type, collector, and reliability of the record. The VERS_DATE column identifies the currency of the data.

Although this is a point layer, the actual accuracy of the site can range from +/- 1m to +/- 500m.

The FFG field has been updated to reflect the 2021 FFG Act amendments, and the Victorian Advisory List (VICADV) is now obsolete.

This layer excludes restricted taxa records. These records are contained in the related (but restricted) dataset VBA_FAUNA_RESTRICTED. Public users wishing to view the general location of these records should refer to the related dataset VBA_RESTRICTED_1M.

This dataset contains survey data for bird species across various river and wetland locations in the City of Melbourne. Bird transect surveys were conducted by Ecology Australia at the following locations: Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Wildlife Sanctuary (1), Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Tidal Drain (2), Moonee Ponds Creek lower catchment near Racecourse Road, Kensington and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (3), Maribyrnong River near Newells Paddock and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (4), Royal Park Oak Street Wetland (5), and Stony Creek Backwash, Footscray (6). Surveys were undertaken during daylight hours and were repeated on various dates throughout February and March 2018. Bird surveys were conducted by completing transects along the waterbodies and identifying bird species and numbers. These surveys were undertaken to primarily track bird species richness at Site (1) with Site (3) existing as a reference site with comparable habitat characteristics.

This bird survey dataset includes the bird’s common name, scientific name, the corresponding Victorian Biodiversity Atlas Code, the date the survey was conducted, and the location of the survey (including the latitude and longitude). The Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) is managed by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and provides a list of species observations in Victoria. Each species has an identification ‘code’ number.

Please get in contact with the Urban Forest and Ecology Team (nature@melbourne.vic.gov.au) if you wish to view the full report by Ecology Australia or if you have any questions about the dataset.

Historical observations of myrtle rust made by a plant pathologist in Victoria between 2010-2023. The locations have been deidentified to protect landholder privacy. There is no guarantee that the sites are still positive as the incursions were highly likely to have been treated.

Over the last 3 years, BirdLife Australia (and our supporters) have undertaken extensive acoustic monitoring at wetlands across the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment. While we?ve been primarily interested in calling bird species, we have also collected data on the frog populations at these sites. The Glenelg-Hopkins Soundscape Project has been supported by the Victorian Government through the Volunteering Innovation Fund, and by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA through funding from the Australian Government?s National Landcare Program.

Ecolinc is a Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) Science Specialist Centre, specializing in the development and delivery of environmental science programs for students and teachers.

The Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains (BWVP) online educational program was funded by the DEECD and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI). It includes the BWVP Flora and Fauna Field Guide app, which was launched in June 2013. The BWVP Flora and Fauna Field Guide is also available as a web-based learning object on the Ecolinc BWVP website.

As part of the BWVP project, students and community members are encouraged to learn more about native grasslands by identifying and making sightings of plants and animals within the Victorian Volcanic Plain.

Tracking of 33 Eudyptula minor (little penguins) in Port Phillip bay, Victoria, Australia. Data from ZoaTrack website https://zoatrack.org/projects/195/

Specimens collected by Museums Victoria from the Tasmanian seamounts on the RV Investigator voyages IN2015_C01, IN2015_E02 and IN2018_V06. Voyage details (maps, projects, publications and reports, other data, events etc) at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2015_C01, https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2015_E02 and https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2018_V06 If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research Data sourced from Atlas of Living Australia on 2024-08-30 from the Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/showDataResource/dr342) collection