#indigeneous — Public Fediverse posts

The Ambitious [but do-able] Effort To Save New Zealand’s Iconic Bird [and so many more - including eradication of ferals]
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https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5565215/the-ambitious-effort-to-save-new-zealands-iconic-bird <-- shared media article
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https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/ <-- shared New Zealand Department of Conservation Pests & Threats site
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“The kiwi, a… flightless bird from New Zealand, is disappearing, largely because of invasive species brought to the country’s islands by humans. So New Zealand has set a goal of exterminating rats, possums and other invasive animals that threaten the country’s biodiversity…”
#biodiversity #feral #NewZealand #habitat #risk #hazard #threat #death #humanimpacts #invasivespecies #kiwi #kea #flightlessbird #indigeneous #reptile #bat #skink #biota #cat #domesticcats #possum #stoat #ferret #weasel #culling #eradication #protection #systematic #endangered #island #Australasia
#DepartmentOfConservation

Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean

Lasers [LiDAR] Reveal 15th-Century Fortified Zapotec City In Mexico
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lasers-reveal-15th-century-fortified-zapotec-city-in-mexico <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536124000166 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #LiDAR #groundsurface #survey #Zapotec #Oaxaca #Mexico #topography #archaeology #vegetation #indigeneous #history #Tehuantepec #Guiengola #city #urban #urbanplanning #layout #residential #neighbourhoods #leisure #sports #elite #ethnohistory #FirstNation #spatialanalysis #postclassic #mesoamerica #typology #barrio #epicenter #plaza #road #infrastructure #river #ballcourt #buildings

Alluvial Fan Surfaces And An Age-Related Stability For Cultural Resource Preservation: Nevada Test And Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, USA
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.05.002 <-- 2015 shared paper
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[during a presentation recently, I was reminded of this 2015 paper’s content today (on which I was a co-author), back when papers wanted B&W images; I wonder how we might have proceeded now, with AI / Machine Learning…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Nevada #USA #military #NellisAFB #NAFB #NTTR #archaeology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #corrleation #basinandrange #geomorphology #sediment #alluvialfans #sheetwash #eolian #erosion #deposition #bioturbation #varnish #desert #desertvarnish #age #dating #corrleation #airforce #indigeneous #sampling #cosmogenic #10Be #insitu #StonewallFlat #fans #water #hydrology #arid #imageanalysis #CulturalResource #Preservation

Flooding Wetlands Could Be The Next Big Carbon Capture Hack
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https://www.wired.com/story/australia-wetlands-restoration/ <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #water #MungallaStation #queensland #australia #Nywaigi #indigeneous #FirstNation #carbonsequestration #carbon #climatechange #ecosystems #habitat #flooding #saltwater #estuarine #saline #sediment #marsh #bogs #bund #coastalengineering #cattle #stock #aboriginal #ecotourism #greatbarrierreef #reforestation #carbonstore #mangroves #coast #coastal #biodiversity #wetlands

Sea Level Rise Drowned A Vast Habitable Area Of North-Western Australia Driving Long-Term Cultural Change
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108418 <-- shared paper
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[By modelling these geographic features, the team estimates that the region could have supported a population of between 50,000 and 500,000 people.]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #sealevelrise #demographics #remotesensing #climatechange #Pleistocene #Sahu #human #occupation #dispersal #archaeology #rockart #indigeneous #aborgines #firstnation #ancientpeoples #paleogeography #drownedlandscapes #Continentalshelf #Sealevelchange #bathymetry #topobathy #SLR #sealevel #sealevelrise #NewGuinea #PapuaNewGuinea #kimberley #arnhemland #NorthernAustralia #WesternAustralia #marine #ocean #innundation #model #modeling #archipelago
#australia #Wallacea #habitation #settlement #civilisation #maritime #economics #ancienthistory #sediment #sampling #geology #holocene