70 Days to the Great Southern BioBlitz 2025!
- Great Southern Bioblitz
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Este é um trabalho da equipe da Ferox Australis, juntamente com nossos parceiros em todo o hemisfério sul. Incluindo o Programa de Ciência Cidadã da SANBI na África do Sul, o iNaturalist NZ - Mātaki Taiao, o naturalistauy, o coletivo Naturalista Peru e a Ciencia Molotov.
De 24 a 27 de outubro de 2025, milhares de pessoas em todo o hemisfério sul sairão para registrar plantas, animais e fungos selvagens no iNaturalist. Seja em um parque urbano, no seu quintal, na mata ou em um recife costeiro, você pode ajudar a documentar a biodiversidade e impulsionar a verdadeira ciência da conservação.
Como participar
Baixe o aplicativo iNaturalist (ou crie uma conta no desktop).
Faça observações entre 24 e 27 de outubro.
Você terá até 10 de novembro de 2025 para enviar e identificar seus registros.
Não se preocupe com documentos de identificação em campo — basta obter fotos nítidas ou gravações de som.
Destaque da África Austral
Este não é apenas um levantamento — é uma celebração da vida, com as flores desabrochando, os polinizadores vibrando de energia, os répteis absorvendo o sol e as aves migratórias passando por aqui. Desde 2020, o GSB cresceu de 3.000 observadores e 90.000 observações para um verdadeiro movimento do Hemisfério Sul. Em 2024, 2.048 participantes em 45 regiões de 16 países da África Austral e Central registraram 111.457 observações de 10.735 espécies, incluindo 654 espécies ameaçadas e 223 espécies invasoras. Este ano, 52 lugares — de Angola ao Zimbábue — estão se preparando, e adoraríamos que mais pessoas se juntassem a nós!
“O GSB é uma explosão de conexões — conectando pessoas, comunidades e ciência! A conquista do ano passado foi épica e, com a BotSoc, ONGs, escoteiros, acadêmicos, governo e você, estamos prontos para arrasar em 2025 — combatendo espécies invasoras e impulsionando a conservação.” — Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, Gerente do Programa de Ciência Cidadã do SANBI
Pronto para ser um herói da biodiversidade? Junte-se ao projeto abrangente da África Austral aqui e mergulhe de 24 a 27 de outubro.

Angola
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Angola — Pedro Sa — iNat: pedrotfsa
Botswana
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Northern Botswana — Kabelo Losike (Botswana Youth Biodiversity Network) — iNat: kabelolskAlso organising: Tony Benn (Private) — iNat: botswanabugs; Murphy Tladi (Private) — iNat: murphy_tladi — FB: iNaturalistBW
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Central District, BW — Tony Benn (Private) — iNat: botswanabugs — FB: iNaturalistBW
Great Southern Bioblitz 25: Southern Botswana — Tony Benn (Private) — FB: iNaturalistBW
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Francistown — Tony Benn (Private) — FB: iNaturalistBW
Eswatini
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Eswatini — Kate Braun — iNat: katebraunsd
Gabon
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Gabon — Jeff Ossele (Fondation) — iNat: parc-de-la-lekedi
Kenya
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Kajiado — Kelvin Otwori (CHD Conservation Kenya) — iNat: Kelvin131; Daniel Mpiraro (Maasai Mara University) — iNat: daniel3715; Arnold Otieno Oricho (African Conservation Centre) — iNat: oricho
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Kiambu — Damaris Kwamboka (Wildlife Club of Kenya); Mukindo Peter (University of Nairobi) — iNat: peter5874
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Nairobi — John Kasaya (National Museums of Kenya) — iNat: Masaba; Emmanuel Ngumbi (AFEW – Giraffe Centre) — iNat: emmanuel503; Tobias Odhacha (TonyWild) — iNat: tobiasodhacha — X: @TonyWildke | IG: @TonyWildke | Web: tonywild.co.ke
Malawi
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Malawi — Maganizo Namoto (Forestry Research Institute of Malawi) — iNat: maganizo
Mozambique
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Nampula — João Lobo (A.A.L Empresa de Prestação de Serviços e Consultoria – Agro Pecuaria e biodiversidade) — iNat: Joaolobo24
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Cabo Delgado — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Gaza — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Inhambane — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Manica — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Niassa — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Sofala — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Tete — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Zambézia — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — Rafaela Macuácua (WCS Moçambique) — iNat: rafaela_camila
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Maputo — Acácio Chechene (WCS Mozambique) — iNat: acacio_chechene
Namibia
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Tsau ||Khaeb Namib, Namibia — Gillian Maggs‑Kölling (Gobabeb – Namib Research Institute) — iNat: dune_ninja
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Central Namib Desert — Gillian Maggs‑Kölling, Martin Handjaba (Gobabeb – Namib Research Institute) — iNat: dune-ninja / martin1930
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Khomas region — Emilia Nakale (Gobabeb – Namib Research Institute) — iNat: emilymeqondjo; Silke Rügheimer (Botanical Society) — iNat: silkerugheimer
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Nyae Nyae Conservancies — Koen Betjes (Pangolin Conservation & Research Foundation) — iNat: koenbetjes — IG: @conservationkelsey
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Zambezi Region — Tristan Kolling (Wildlife & Tourism Club UNAM Katima Mulilo) — iNat: mr_t_explorer — X: @x_tk_maxx_x | IG: @dem_tings
South Africa
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Umzimvubu — Kumalo Anele (SANParks) — iNat: anelek; Thabo Sithole (Environmental and Rural Solution) — iNat: thabo7; Jikeka Jikeka — iNat: zjikeka
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Albany CoE — Craig Peter (Department of Botany, Rhodes University) — iNat: craigpeter
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Nelson Mandela Bay — Debbie Bodley (Botanical Society) — iNat: debbiebodley
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Hogsback — Michelle Griffith (amaTrac uluntu) — iNat: hogsbackplants; Bridget Zietkiewicz; Lose Sinovuyo (University of Fort Hare) — iNat: sinovuyolose
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: MZCP — Katie Herold (MZCPE Landowner’s Association) — iNat: katie_in_karoo; Ulrich Schutte — iNat: ulrich777
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Pondoland — Lindelani Mbulawa — iNat: lindelani_gama; Mxolisi Ngongoma (Sustainable Wildcoast) — iNat: mxolisi_n
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Bloemfontein — Emma Ferreira (Botanical Society, Free State) — iNat: emma_ferreira
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Tshwane — Aimee Ginsburg (Ecoglen) — iNat: a-ginsburg; Richard Hay (Botanical Society of South Africa) — iNat: haysharvest; Namhla Mbona (SANBI) — iNat: nam_mbona
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Joburg — Arista Botha (Botanical Society: Gauteng) — iNat: arista_botha
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Zululand — Hendrik McCarthy — iNat: hendrikmc
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: KZN Midlands — Roy Caister (University of KwaZulu-Natal) — iNat: roy_caister
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: eThekwini — Mashao Mmatjie (eThekwini Municipality) — iNat: Mmatjie
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: iLembe — Petro Vorster (Tugela Mouth Conservancy) — iNat: tugelamouthconservancy
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: KZN South Coast — Anna Jordan (Ugu/South Coast Conservancies) — iNat: annaartjie
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: KZN Battlefields — Jolett Pieterse (BotSoc/CREW) — iNat: jolett
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Limpopo — Faranani Mabada (BotSoc SA – Limpopo) — iNat: mabada; Solly Modimola (UCT/UL/BotSoc Limpopo Branch) — iNat: isolly
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Lowveld — Esi Bossman (BotSoc Lowveld) — iNat: esi_bossman; Stephen Mallory (Botsoc) — iNat: stephen608 — FB: Botsoc Lowveld
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Nkangala — Kevin Balkwill (Wits University) — iNat: kevin_balkwill; Mervyn Lotter — iNat: mervynl
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Potchefstroom — Jonathan Breytenbach (North West University Green Team) — iNat: birdingislife
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Nieuwoudville — Simphiwe Madlala (SANBI) — iNat: SimphiweMadlala
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Cape Winelands — Ismail Ebrahim (CREW Programme) — iNat: ish_crew; Jessica Comley (Private) — iNat: jlallen; NT Moolman (CREW Programme) — iNat: ntmoolman
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Cape Town — Julia Wood — iNat: juleswood; Elinor Hutchings — iNat: lmossop; Leighan Mossop (City of Cape Town) — iNat: lmossop; Williams Llewellyn (Nature Connect) — iNat: natureconnectsa; Simon Tamblyn (BotSoc Kirstenbosch Branch) — iNat: simontamblyn — FB: BotSoc Kirstenbosch | IG: @botsockirstenbosch | Web: botsoc-kirstenbosch.org.za
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Overstrand — Magriet Brink (CREW Programme) — FB Group: Overstrand Bioblitzing; Sandy Immelman (Betty’s Bay Conservancy) — FB Group: Overstrand Bioblitzing
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Overberg — Mike Brunke (CREW Programme) — iNat: mikebrunke; Willemina V D Harst de Wet (Botanical Society Southern Overberg) — iNat: willeminalunae
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Garden Route — Sandra Falanga (CREW: Outramps Group) — iNat: sandraf
Zambia
Great Southern BioBlitz 2025: Zambia — Kyle West — iNat: kylejuanwest
Zimbabwe
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Zimbabwe — Moira FitzPatrick (Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe) — iNat: moira_fitzpatrick — FB: Moira FitzPatrick
Oceania
A Oceania conta com 3 países/territórios participantes do Great Southern BioBlitz 2025, com 55 projetos regionais registrados até o momento: Austrália (39 projetos), Nova Caledônia (1 projeto) e Nova Zelândia (15 projetos). Das iniciativas locais generalizadas da Austrália à coordenação nacional da Nova Zelândia e da Nova Caledônia, esses projetos abrangem centros urbanos, comunidades rurais e litorais biodiversos.

Australia — 39 projects
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) — 1 project
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Canberra — Claudia Schipp (Australian Citizen Science Association)
New South Wales (NSW) — 11 projects
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Murrumbidgee — Jessie McPherson (Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc.)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Central Tablelands NSW — Claudia Macleay (Central Tablelands Regional Landcare)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Hume — Kylie Durant (Holbrook Landcare Network)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Armidale Region — Luke Hardy
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Lake Mac City — Margo Smith (Lake Macquarie City)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Clarence Valley — Daniel McCawley (Clarence Landcare)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Parramatta Greater Sydney — Billie Moran (City of Parramatta)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Tenterfield Region — Jodie Armytage (Middle Ground Australia)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Snowy Monaro Region NSW — Kelly Stubbs (Upper Snowy Landcare Network)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Sydney — Petra Holland (Hornsby Shire Council)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Illawarra Region — Illawarra Intrepid (Illawarra Intrepid Landcare)
Northern Territory (NT) — 1 project
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Top End — Stephen Fricker (Ferox australis)
Queensland (QLD) — 9 projects
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Little Liverpool Range Initiative — Alice McNeill (Little Liverpool Range)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Ipswich, Queensland — Luise Manning (Springfield Lakes Nature Care Inc.)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: City of Logan — Sienna Harris (Logan City Council)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Gold Coast — Joel Irwin (Griffith University)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: City of Moreton Bay — Bronwyn Apelt (Environment Centres – City of Moreton Bay)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Great Barrier Reef — Adam Smith (Reef Ecologic)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Cairns — Sarah Sims (Treeforce Cairns)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Townsville — Jock Mackenzie (Earthwatch Institute – MangroveWatch/ClimateWatch/Bush Blitz Backyard Species Discovery)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Exmouth, Carnarvon & Ashburton — Grace Keast
South Australia (SA) — 1 project
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Adelaide — Jamie Arrizza (Ferox australis), Stephen Fricker (Ferox australis))
Tasmania (TAS) — 1 project
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Tasmania — Joee Kelk (Launceston STEMinists), Michelle Taylor
Victoria (VIC) — 14 projects
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Melbourne — Kylie Cohen, Doug Evans (Maroondah City Council), Hayley Timmers (RMIT University), Cassie Lukies (Whitehorse City Council)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Mornington Peninsula Shire — Ben Travaglini
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Castlemaine Region — Euan Moore (Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club), Mez Woodward (Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Manningham City Council — Nigel Philpot (Manningham City Council)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Murrindindi Shire — Michael Cincotta
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Latrobe City — Matt Campbell (Friends of Morwell NP)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Bayside YWNA — Ebony Bain (Yalukit Willam Nature Association)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Colac Otway Shire — Pete Crowcroft (Ferox australis)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: City of Whittlesea Region — rangerpuffin
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Ballarat Region — Vireya Jacquard (Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: City of Greater Geelong — Rod Lowther (Geelong Field Naturalist Club)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Surf Coast — Pete Crowcroft (Ferox australis)
Western Australia (WA) — 2 projects
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Greater Perth — Botha Botha (Retired Department of Agriculture – DPIRD), Kelly Sheldrick (Conservation Council of WA / Australian Citizen Science Association – WA Branch)
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Shire of Dandaragan — Daniel Anderson
New Caledonia — 1 project
Grand Bioblitz du Sud 2025 : Nouvelle-Calédonie — Aurelie Fourdrain (ENDEMIA)
New Zealand — 15 projects
All coordinated by Murray Dawson (iNaturalist NZ–Mātaki Taiao)
South America — 8 countries, 49 projects

Argentina (1 project)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Desafio Mendoza — Mendoza — Organiser(s): Benjamin Bender (IADIZA CONICET)
Bolivia (5 projects)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Bolivia — La Paz — Organiser(s): Valeska De Cárdenas (Ciencia Molotov) — FB page
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Cochabamba, Bolivia — Cochabamba — Organiser(s): Nicolas Bellot (Kaaijayu - GYBN Bolivia) — FB page; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100018026683581; Instagram; Website
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: La Paz, Bolivia — La Paz — Organiser(s): Valeska De Cardenas (Ciencia Molotov) — Facebook: Ciencia Molotov; X: @cienciamolotov; Instagram: @cienciamolotov
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Pando — Pando — Organiser(s): Valeria Dapnné Rojas Aruquipa (Programa de Conservación en la Amazonia "Shimanú") — FB page; Instagram
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Santa Cruz, Bolivia — Santa Cruz — Organiser(s): Anahi Cosky Paca Condori (Asociación Boliviana para la Conservación de las Aves - Aves Bolivianas) — FB page; Facebook: GranBiobusquedaSCZ; Instagram; Carlos Alberto Justiniano Parada (Santa Cruz Ambiental) — FB page; Facebook: GranBiobusquedaSCZ; Instagram
Brazil (9 projects)
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Fortaleza e Região Metropolitana - CE, Brasil — Ceará — Organiser(s): Célio Moura Neto (Universidade Federal do Ceará) — X: @celiomouraneto; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fotonaturalismo; Website
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Grande Vitória - ES, Brasil — Espirito Santo — Organiser(s): Vitor Corrêa Dias
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025: Buriticupu - MA — Maranhão — Organiser(s): Emiliano Monteiro (IFMA - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão) — BlueSky
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Sinop e região, Mato Grosso, Brasil — Mato Grosso — Organiser(s): Liliane Stedile de Matos (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso-UFMT) — Instagram: @liliane.stedile; Liliane Stedile de Matos (UFMT Campus Sinop/MT) — FB page; Facebook; Instagram
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Grande Curitiba — Paraná — Organiser(s): Tiago Tavares (BioTiba and UTFPR) — FB page; Facebook
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Terra dos Pinheirais — Paraná — Organiser(s): Antonio Teleginski (Voluntário)
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Pelotas e Região Imediata, RS, Brasil — Rio Grande do Sul — Organiser(s): Insetos, e Daí?! (Universidade Federal de Pelotas) — Instagram: @insetosedai
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: Grande Porto Alegre, Brasil — Rio Grande do Sul — Organiser(s): +NatUPoA (Natureza Urbana - Grande Porto Alegre) — X: @natupoa
Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2025: São Paulo - SP, Brasil — São Paulo — Organiser(s): Bruno Lima (Projeto Aves Limícolas); José Gentil Escrig Valério (Nenhuma) — X: Jv_ge; Instagram: Josev_ge
Chile (1 project)
Colombia (3 projects)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Cuenca Río Bogotá — Bogotá — Organiser(s): Sarmiento Cruz German Leonel (SENA); Johan Sebastián Moreno Velásquez (Independiente); Johan Sebastián Moreno (independiente - idpyba) — Facebook: johan moreno; X: @johanmove1; Instagram: johanmorenov12
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia — Antioquia — Organiser(s): Daniel Mesa (Jardín Biodiverso) — X: @danielmesa88
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Valle de Aburrá — Antioquia — Organiser(s): Ana Maria Benavides (Jardín Botánico de Medellín) — Instagram; José Soto (Jardín Botánico de Medellín)
Ecuador (3 projects)
Gran Bioblitz del Sur 2025 - Cotopaxi, Ecuador — Cotopaxi — Organiser(s): Marcelo Amores (Independiente) — X: @envinatu; Instagram: @envinatu; Instagram: @nvinatu
Gran Bioblitz del Sur: Loja 2025 — Loja — Organiser(s): Daniel Hualpa (Green Jewel) — X: @grupogreenjewel; Instagram: @GrupoGreenJewel; Instagram: greenjewel_ec; Website: www.grupogreenjewel.org
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador — Pichincha — Organiser(s): Emilia Peñaherrera (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Instituto de Diversidad Tropical iBIOTROP) — X: @usfqzoologia; Instagram: @usfqzoologia
Peru (8 projects) @inatperu
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Ayacucho — Ayacucho — Organiser(s): Floro Ortiz Contreras (Asociación Pro Fauna Silvestre Ayacucho)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Cusco — Cusco — Organiser(s): Gianella Curasco Huaman (Alianza Internacional para la Conservación Ambiental AICA PERÚ) — FB page; Facebook
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Huaraz — Ancash — Organiser(s): Lizet Mayli Mejia Penadillo (Ecosystem restoration)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: San Ramón — Junin — Organiser(s): Naturalista Peru (Naturalista Peru)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Lima — Lima — Organiser(s): Antonio W. Salas (Naturalista Peru) FB group; Facebook; Instagram: @inatperu
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Tambopata — Madre de Dios — Organiser(s): Antonio W. Salas (Naturalista Peru) FB group; Facebook; Instagram: @inatperu
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: La Convención — Cusco — Organiser(s): Betzy Zeytel Llerena Cajigas (Independiente)
Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025: Tacna — Tacna — Organiser(s): Josmell Raúl Ticona Rafael
Uruguay (19 projects) Organiser(s): Florencia Grattarola (NaturalistaUY) — X: @NaturalistaUY; Instagram: @naturalistauy
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