Nature In Your Pocket
Nature can sometimes be a bit of a mystery, right?
Scientists from NSW Government have been innovating with ways to make getting information about plants and animals a whole lot easier.
Maybe you have spotted an interesting native animal and you want to know more about it. Perhaps you want to find out what trees and shrubs grow in your area, so they can be replanted.
Trees Near Me NSW app has been designed to help everyone, including bush regenerators like Landcare, farmers and citizen scientists to easily discover information on native plant communities, trees and plants around NSW.
More trees and shrubs mean more shade, more wildlife habitat, and more beautiful places to live. Trees are also an important for combating climate change as they also absorb carbon dioxide and store carbon.
The newly released app draws on extensive vegetation classification and mapping available from the Bionet database developed over many years by the Department of Planning and Environment's (DPE) scientists.
An incredible number of maps and data are also available through the SEED website, which stands for Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data. Go to: https://www.seed.nsw.gov.au. Soils information is available at Soils Near Me: https://soilsnearme.app
These apps and online information can help Landcare planners and volunteers to identify the right animals, plants and soils as well as their importance for replanting and restoration.
The Trees Near Me NSW app is free to download, easy to navigate and will take the guesswork out of choosing tree or plant species best suited to local areas.
Trees Near Me NSW app is free to download from Google Play and Apple app store. It is also available as a website at treesnearme.app.
For more information on the app visit Trees Near Me NSW app.
It does not stop there! Keep an eye out for more innovative tools coming soon including an app designed for landscape restoration called Restore Trees NSW and one that helps to identify biodiversity offsets called Credits Near Me
Visit our Department of Planning and Environment website for more information:
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/
Written by
Bob Denholm
Senior Team Leader Vegetation and Biodiversity Mapping
Science Economics and Insights Division
Department of Planning and Environment
#NativeFloraFauna
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Gabrielle
[City] NSW
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