
Ron Avery
@ron_avery
Biodiversity Information Systems; informatics; products.
(Art:: thanks to the children at Maroubra Bay Public School)
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19-05-2013 19:07:55
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A privilege to be representing Environment Centre NT in the first merits appeal challenging fracking in the Northern Territory. This is a critical test case on protection of our precious water systems and environmental risks associated with fracking gas in the Beetaloo Basin.



"If you made them pay for the value of the resources & their fair share of taxes, you wouldn't have the problems that you have today." #auspol Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist, on #QandA says the fact Australia gives away its natural resources is 'mind-boggling'.


“Prioritise effective data management” Both Finland in EU and @DKinEU practice this for technical aspects, metadata quality and new requirements. Learn more tips with our #HVD best practices report. Read report 👉 europa.eu/!Pq3vPk #EUOpenData


Here's a mind-blowing open data portal that I think should be far better known than it is: Geoscience Australia's Historical Aerial Photography archive, containing 1.2 million aerial photos from the 1920s on! 🛩 🗺 🤯 Yellow dots = scanned downloadable photos! digital.atlas.gov.au/apps/9a0ecbafe…







A deep dive on the dangers of overshoot and slippery net zero promises: 'The situation demands immediate action, not promises of balancing carbon budgets decades into the future'. These topics are not well understood by most people – read if you have time! theconversation.com/the-overshoot-…

