Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Tool Details

PaDIL - Remote Microscope Diagnostics (RMD)

PaDIL is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with Museum Victoria, Plant Health Australia, the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia and the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre. Its website has a network of initiatives related to biosecurity that can be shared also on global scale. One of the initiatives is the Remote Microscope Diagnostics website or RMD facilitates. It helps pest identification by connecting microscopes with computers over the internet - users share live images with experts in real time around the world. It allows people to share knowledge on pest identification in an efficient and timely manner.
Type of Tool
Website
Scale of Application
Global
Region
Global
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
All
Management Responsibility
All