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Andy Ridley

@ANDYRIDLEY

CEO @Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, founder of Earth Hour. @citizensgbr.org

 Cairns, Queensland
citizensGBR.org
Joined November 2009
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We're so excited to share the official trailer for Revealed: Reefshot 🐠💙 The Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Reefshot premieres June 5, only on @stanaustralia. #ReefshotOnStan #StanOriginals
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Great to put this story together with @NITV @KeiraJenkins2, sharing the important work of the #yirrganydjirangers monitoring their Sea Country reefs off Cairns during last week's coral #spawning! #greatreefcensus #kulbul #collaboration @gbrbiology @RRF_GBR @GBRFoundation
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Back home and online after a crazy week in the far north of the GBR carrying out some #GreatReefCensus snorkel surveys and #seagrass camera tows. We had amazing conditions, glass outs and crazy drop offs galore. Thanks @citizensGBR for a great week. – at Cairns, Queensland
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When the sharks get a bit too interested in your survey... The sharks in this area of the northern GBR seemed active so we were being very aware, staying close to the boat, and we did stop surveying shortly after this. I could only see about 3 sharks in the water! 📽️Ross Miller
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We're halfway through the 2021 #GreatReefCensus! With the support of divers, tourism crew, researchers, skippers, freedivers & citizen scientists from across the reef, we've captured 13,641 images, submitted 582 surveys from 101 reefs — visit greatreefcensus.org to take part!
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Image from Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef (@citizensGBR)
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Thanks to Rum Runner & the #citizenscience team on board, who departed today for a 4 day #greatreefcensus mission! They will survey priority reefs SE of Cairns, not visited by tourists #greatbarrierreef
7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) profile picture7NEWS Cairns@7NewsCairns19 Nov 2021
The world's biggest reef survey has reached the halfway mark, and locals are being encouraged to get involved. Organisers of the Great Reef Census hope to reach their target of photographing two hundred reefs in the coming weeks. 7NEWS.com.au @frankrusso85 #7NEWS
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We welcome the government's commitment to #netzero by 2050, but now we need a clear plan for how to achieve it. As our CEO @ANDYRIDLEY says below, this means reducing emissions by 50% by 2030, as well as scaling up conservation in a massive way #cop26 #climatechange
7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) profile picture7NEWS Cairns@7NewsCairns25 Oct 2021
Great Barrier Reef conservationists have welcomed a policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but say the work has to start now. Meanwhile, Warren Enstch has revealed he won't attend the UN climate conference in Glasgow next week. 7NEWS.com.au @freya_jensen #7NEWS
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Australia's pledge is a start. I've now urged @ScottMorrisonMP to show us a concrete plan to halve emissions by 2030. I've given him a copy of Fiji's Climate Change Act as a guide –– it is our uniquely Fijian way of following the science to keep faith with future generations.
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"Getting the women together and going out, it's very empowering" Torres Strait Island reef scientist + traditional owner Madeina David to join all-female mission testing new research tools on the Great Barrier Reef as part of this year's Great Reef Census. More on AM @abcnews
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What would #Ningaloo be without its whale sharks?! That’s why on this international #WhaleSharkDay we’re so excited to be celebrating the biggest fish in the sea and Ningaloo locals: whale sharks🎉
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Thrilled that the @citizensGBR doco by #StoryInProgress keeps resonating w/ audiences around the 🌏, officially selected for @HIFF! We're kicking off next #GreatReefCensus in Oct w/incredible research, tech, brand & tourism partners - stay tuned #climatechange #cop26 #solutions
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"Unless there are immediate, strong, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting global warming to 1.5C will be beyond reach." The latest #ipcc report must be a call to arms for Australia & world leaders ahead of #COP26 summit in Nov #greatbarrierreef
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@IPCC_CH9 Aug 2021
#ClimateChange is widespread, rapid, & intensifying – #IPCC Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region & across the whole climate system, says the IPCC’s latest #ClimateReport, released today. ➡️ bit.ly/WGICC2021PR ➡️ bit.ly/WGICC2021
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The #greatbarrierreef has narrowly avoided an 'In Danger' listing from @UNESCO to be reviewed in 2022. Regardless of this, the science is clear — we must limit global emissions to 1.5 C, or as close as possible, to safeguard the GBR & coral reefs globally abc.net.au/news/2021-07-23/g…
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Great piece from @AIMS_CEO Dr Paul Hardisty in @australian today — The Great Barrier Reef is not fine and nor is it dying; truth is inbetween #climatechange #greatbarrierreef @aims_gov_au theaustralian.com.au/comment…
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The science is clear — limit #emissions to 1.5C, or as close to, to safeguard the #GBR & coral reefs. This means acting decisively to reach #netzero & in parallel, scaling-up conservation to match the size of the challenges facing our ecosystems #UNESCO abc.net.au/radio-australia/p…
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Show me a cool place where you've laid a transect line? This is #dronemapping from 20m alt over SW Yanooa (Pelorus) reef #GreatBarrierReef @jack_koci @StephanieDuce @AllisonPaley @MiaHoogenboom #SheMaps #geospatial #GeoNadir
Image from Dr Karen Joyce (@DrKJoyce)
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We're 8 hrs into our #EarthDay virtual #citizenscience event w/ @MissionBlue & we're seeing some great results! 👇 • 4,274 mins contributed • 816 images analysed • 327 people all over the world have taken part Check out our live #EarthDay dashboard: greatreefcensus.org/event/ea…
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'Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef' the short doco is now LIVE! 🎬 Shot on location on the remote Swain Reefs in late 2020, this Story in Progress film follows the team aboard the last expedition of the #greatreefcensus 250km offshore ⛵️Watch now! 👉 citizensgbr.org/documentary
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Great to chat with @ZDNet & @Cloudflare about the #tech driving #greatreefcensus, our 21st century approach to conservation & plans for GRC 2021! #greatbarrierreef #solutions zdnet.com/article/scaling-up…
Scaling up on a shoestring while citizen scientists analyse the Great Barrier Reef - ZDNET

Scaling up on a shoestring while citizen scientists analyse the Great Barrier Reef - ZDNET

Researchers are using people power to help with conservation and coral recovery work of the reef.

zdnet.com
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I'm looking for LOTS of people who care about the #environment and are interested in #drones to help me out on my new mission. Can you help me? 👇 geonadir.com/ #drone #STEM #UAS #UAV #RPAS #geospatial #remotesensing #mapping #SfM #ClimateAction #dronesforgood
Image from Dr Karen Joyce (@DrKJoyce)
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