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Introducing… Elaine Anderson and Sanya Masood
Elaine Anderson and Sanya Masood, graduate wildlife biologists, joined Avisure’s Southern regional team in September last year.
(Big) data visualisation
The title may sound scary, but data visualisation is a way of making the complex simple: in a nutshell, it is the art of presenting data and information as graphs, charts, or maps. Data visualisation is valuable in highlighting things that you might not otherwise see readily in text and lists of values and numbers, enabling your audience to grasp the key data more quickly and easily.
Bird strike around V1
May 25 marks the sixteenth anniversary of a bird strike on a B747 cargo aircraft operated by Kalitta Air. The Kalitta Air Flight 207 accident highlights the complex interplay of human factors and the operating environment, and the shared responsibility of all players for aviation safety.
Amazing people, incredible birds
Avisure has undertaken some wildlife hazard management work in Africa, as Jeff Follett, Avisure CEO, reports.
Species Spotlight – Australian White Ibis
The continuing wet weather along the east coast of Australia creates favourable conditions especially for the Australian white ibis, Threskiornis moluccus, and its cousin, the straw-necked ibis (T. spinicollis). Known affectionately as the ‘bin chicken’ or ‘tip turkey’, the white ibis, traditionally more of an inland species, has adapted well to urban coastal environments.
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