The benefits of openness can be found around the globe. In these past few years working with local transparency activists, I have been collecting examples on how opening up data (especially government data) can help improve our lives. What I’ve…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: deforestation
Arguments for data transparency — a list for advocates
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Environment, Food, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life, Research, Resilience, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Agriculture, criminal justice, deforestation, environment, farming, fracking, health, Julia Keseru, Lindsay Ferris, open data, pollution, real-time, Sunlight Foundation, Transparency, weather
Eye on Earth Summit: Data Supply
Original post by: Elizabeth Tyson, Eye on Earth Summit 2015 Official Blogger Software systems are divided into two parts, the front end and the back end, to help identify issues, put a complex system into boxes and to simplify maintenance. Back…
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Here’s How Much of the World’s Forests Could Vanish by 2050
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. A new report about deforestation and climate change contains a dire warning: If the world continues along its business-as-usual path, an amount of tropical forest…
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