#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins

At the CitSciOz25 conference in Melbourne, Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins spoke about her work with the Healthy Waters Partnership for the Dry Tropics, an organisation that connects government, industry, research institutions, and citizen scientists to protect waterways around Townsville and the Great Barrier Reef.Kara-Mae describes her role as a data end user—someone who turns raw data collected by others into meaningful tools for decision-making.Each year, her small team analyses more than thirty thousand data points to produce a catchment-wide report card, combining indicators such as coral, seagrass, and fish health with water quality results to present a single, comprehensive picture of the region’s ecosystems.More Informationhttps://www.drytropicshealthywaters.org/https://citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/About The Citizen Science Show PodcastThis episode of the Citizen Science Show podcast is coming to you from CitSciOz25 the Australian Citizen Science Association conference, in Melbourne Connect, a world-class innovation precinct at The University of Melbourne.If you enjoy this content, please like and subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps us to reach more citizen scientists, like you.Contact the ShowWe are always looking for more guests to tell us about interesting citizen science projects, research and events.You can email us at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.