Forest Portal
Forest monitoring initiative using AI tools and community outreach to support conservation through research and innovation.
Forest monitoring initiative using AI tools and community outreach to support conservation through research and innovation.
The Nillumbik Shire is home to one of Victoria’s longest-running forest monitoring initiatives; an ongoing program that has collected rich ecological data for over eight years. This long-term commitment makes Nillumbik a uniquely valuable region for both research and innovation.
Conservation efforts often rely on fragmented, manual data collection, making it difficult to monitor environmental health across the shire. 160,000+ rows of species data are currently locked in an Excel spreadsheet, limiting accessibility for both the public and council.
We are developing an interactive digital twin platform integrating species sightings, acoustic recordings, and habitat reports into a high-performance web app with interactive map views and automated reporting.
Interactive, filterable species map and explorer built with React, TypeScript, Vite, TailwindCSS, and Leaflet.
High-performance stateless Go API with pgx + sqlc querying a PostgreSQL database with PostGIS for spatial coordinates.
Direct graph and summary generation powered by Nivo charts, eliminating manual Excel spreadsheet handling for council staff.
Spectrogram visualisation using Arbimon workflows and BirdNet audio recognition for species verification.
By bridging technology, ecology, and public engagement, this project aspires to deepen community connections with nature and create a scalable model for other regions.