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    Aussies help neighbours most at risk from rising seas

    Aussies help neighbours most at risk from rising seas

    For the first time, Pacific Islanders living in Vanuatu can visualise how their homes, neighbourhoods – and even popular Australian tourist spots – will be inundated by rising sea levels driven by climate change. The Coastal Risk Vanuatu website, created in Australia and launched globally today, charts low-lying coastline of a number of Vanuatu islands…

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    Data-driven approach helping with forestry management

    Data-driven approach helping with forestry management

    Remote sensing and the increasing use of UAVs are making the management of forestry more accurate than it has ever been. Rapid progress in data capture sensors and techniques in forestry means a massive expansion in the data available to the industry. The opportunity currently presented to the forestry industry is to make this data…

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    Aussie cities, towns at risk from rising sea levels

    Aussie cities, towns at risk from rising sea levels

    World-first website empowers coastal communities to take action For the first time Australians can visualise how their homes, neighbourhoods and favourite coastal spots could be vulnerable to rising sea levels driven by climate change. The Coastal Risk Australia website, made available to the public today, charts the majority of Australia’s enormous coastline and is free…

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    NGIS and CRCSI presenting at Climate Change Conference
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    NGIS and CRCSI presenting at Climate Change Conference

    Nathan Quadros from CRCSI and Nathan Eaton from NGIS Australia demonstrate at the Paris Climate Change Conference how familiar technologies and high quality fundamental data sets can help people model sea level rise accurately, to allow future infrastructure and town planning.

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    From Paris with maps: how location data is helping to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change

    From Paris with maps: how location data is helping to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change

    In December around 50,000 people attended the Climate Change Conference in Paris to continue the momentum for a global approach to climate change. An historic alignment of 195 countries to a common goal and a common target of a 1.5-degree increase in temperature from pre industrial time was reached. Much of the work done with…

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    United Nations Shines a Light on NGIS efforts in the Pacific Islands

    United Nations Shines a Light on NGIS efforts in the Pacific Islands

    The United Nations has recognised an Australian AusAid-funded project led by NGIS Australia and CRC for Spatial Information’s Mapping Exposure to Sea Level Rise in the Pacific Islands Project as a leading initiative dealing with climate change.  They will be flying the flag for Australia when they will be presented in Paris in at the upcoming UN…

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