Has someone asked you to put together an impact summary that’s left you scrambling? Are you collecting evaluation data you suspect will never get looked at? Or maybe you’re just not sure where to best invest your limited resources. Any of this sound familiar? If so, some quality MEL training could help. Damien Sweeney and Bethany Hanson have put together the business case for investing in MEL skills – including why your manager should join you.

For Earth Day this year, we look at how visual dashboards are giving scientists and community conservationists a fighting chance to protect and restore one of the world’s living wonders – the Great Barrier Reef.