An opportunity for the Foundation to attend the Locate16 conference in Melbourne sparked a welcome offer of new IT resources and support to enhance the Foundation’s Raine Island Recovery Project.

Spatial information technology consultants, we-do-IT, will generously provide five iPads housed in indestructible casings to transform the way the Raine Island research team collect vital project information which is all currently done by hand. The company is also donating its time and expertise to upgrade the project’s whole paper based monitoring system to an electronic format and we-do-IT will also securely host all the data gathered to help protect Raine Island’s precious green turtles and other species.

Raine Island Recovery Project lead scientist Dr Andy Dunstan presented at the national conference that explored how technology developed within the spatial and surveying communities can be used to improve the way we work, live and play in smarter societies.

The Raine Island Recovery Project is a five year, $7.95M collaboration between BHP Billiton, the Queensland Government, the Traditional Owners and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to protect and restore the island’s critical habitat to ensure the future of key marine species, including green turtles and seabirds.