Will the exact locations of findings be released

Point data (data collected from a site, along with the location) collected during SREBA will generally be publicly available.  As described above, transparency around the point data legitimises the findings of the SREBA.

Similar point data from other studies is already freely available through data portals such as the Atlas of Living Australia or NR Maps NT.

However, the SREBA studies are not usually interested in focusing at what occurs at a particular site.

Sample sites are chosen because they are representative of a particular habitat or set of environmental conditions.

The data from each site is then used to predict or map what we may expect to find in those particular habitats across the region as whole.