New Guinea is highly biodiverse and provides a great opportunity for Taxonomists.  Dillane Nason discovered 14 new frog species during work for her honours degree.  Ecoconnections would like to fund a project to support Dillian's work.  Dillian will be encouraged to develop a network of local QuestaGame players to further her survey work of amphibians.  Where funds allow the taxonomic effort will be expanded beyond amphibians.

Dillian's research points to a race against time from threats of disease.  This podcast also notes the race against time from palm oil projects and the challenges of environmental impact assessment without clear taxonomy.

Digital object identifier for published work.

Recent work published in 'Nature' on extraordinary plant biodiversity on the Island of New Guinea, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2549-5