1. Good practice from Australia
Dr Trevor Dhu
Geoscience Australia

2. Another Indicator Framework

3. Australia values sustainable development
The SDGs reflect things that Australians value highly and seek to protect

4. Australia values sustainable development
The SDGs reflect things that Australians value highly and seek to protect
The SDGs are a reflection of our values and ambitions. They are the contemporary manifestation of the ‘fair go’.
Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Minister for International Development and the Pacific at the 2nd Australian Sustainable Development Goals Summit, 13 March 2018

5. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?

6. sdgdata.gov.au

8. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?

9. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?

10. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?
to drive sustainable development?

11. Murray-Darling Basin Plan
The Murray-Darling Basin contains Australia’s largest river system, extending across 14 per cent of the country’s landmass.
Over 3 million people use water from the Basin.
It provides 23,000 gigalitres (GL) in water storage,
supports around 40 per cent of all farms in Australia, and
produces around half the nation’s irrigated produce, worth approximately $7.1 billion each year.
In the past, the health of the Basin has been impacted by drought and water extraction practices that inadequately addressed environmental sustainability considerations.

12. Ensuring compliance with the Basin Plan
In June 2018 … approved a large-scale environmental flow in the Northern Basin… for specifically prescribed environmental and socio-economic benefit during a very dry time. To ensure the flow achieved the desired outcomes, NSW initiated a temporary restriction on consumptive extraction in the Barwon–Darling, providing an excellent opportunity to test … the use of satellite imagery for compliance purposes. The imagery was also used in conjunction with publicly available gauge data …

15. Ensuring compliance with the Basin Plan
We're using advanced technology to make sure water users are doing the right thing…
Active compliance is one thing which will give Australians confidence in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
The Hon. David Littleproud MP
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
12 Sept, 2018

16. Managing drought

17. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?
to drive sustainable development?

18. How’s EO going in Australia?
How well is Australia using Earth observation:
in our indicator framework?
to drive sustainable development?

19. Thank You
Applying the ODC to the SDGs
Room B1, , Tuesday