Car bogged in an environmentally sensitive area

"A man had attempted to cross a saltpan in the Bowling Green Bay National Park, taking a 3km shortcut. These wide expanses are unique to the North Queensland landscape and are internationally recognised for their significance as a RAMSAR wetland. Getting bogged uproots vegetation, causes soil compaction and erosion, disturbs bird and crustacean populations and has the potential for contamination. It can take years to recover when damaged by 4WDs."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-man-cops-322-fine-after-failed-shortcut-ends-with-4wd-stuck-for-six-weeks-035343733.html
#RamsarConvention #ramsar #saltpan #conservation #CarBrain #cars #4WDs #destruction

Southern Africa: Global Conference On Protection of Wetlands Coming to Southern Africa: [SANF] The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands will hold its 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in Victoria Falls this year, hosted by Zimbabwe. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/THvhjw #Wetlands #RamsarConvention #Biodiversity #Conservation #Sustainability

It's #WorldWetlandsDay! Wetlands are full of life and help prevent floods and droughts. www.worldwetlandsday.org #RamsarConvention #protect #restore #enjoy

Recycling facility used as alleged illegal dump for thousands of tonnes of toxic waste on Fraser Coast

"There are multiple threatened species of turtles and fish living in that part of the Mary River. Toxic waste could be transported down the river channel into the estuary in the coastal zone."
#RamsarConvention #rivers #MaryRiver #turtles #lungfish #platypus #dumping #waste #toxins #ThreatenedSpecies #BushProperties #FraserCoast #WasteManagement

Landsat Insights - Wetland History In Your Hand
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https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/landsat-insights-wetland-history-in-your-hand/ <-- shared technical article
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-023-01682-7 <-- shared paper
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https://github.com/GeoscienceAustralia/wit_tooling <-- Wetland Insight Tool (WIT) Github
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landsat #WetlandInsightTool #wetland #wetlands #monitoring #dynamics #water #hydrology #billabongs #swamps #bogs #ecosystems #RamsarConvention #earthobservation #biodiversity #model #modeling #habitat #watercycle #climatechange #WIT
@GeoscienceAustralia

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay!
#Wetlands are not wastelands! They storage #carbon, produce food for animals & humans, help to prevent #floods & #droughts and maintain epic #biodiversity & #wildlife!
#RamsarConvention #RestoreNature
https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/

#Shorebirds fly for more than 10,000 kilometres and they expect to find a buffet [when they arrive] to fatten up. #Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered #birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/27/should-a-wetland-home-to-endangered-birds-become-13bn-worth-of-shops-high-rises-and-a-marina
Protected #Wetland #MigratoryBirds #RamsarConvention

#Wetlands help cope with #floods, #droughts and other extreme weather events.
Cartoon made for #RamsarConvention
2017.
http://seppo.net/e/wetland-is-a-water-bank
#WorldWaterDay