indigenous land management - emilie-jane ens & gill towler
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Indigenous participation in TERN ?Insight from 2-way ecological research in Arnhem Land
Dr Emilie Ens1 and Gill Towler 2
1 Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research2 National Herbarium of NSW
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Indigenous estate and land use agreements
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Relationship between the Indigenous estate and the conservation estate
From Altman 2006
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Woinarski et al. 2007
Residual Eucalypt woodland
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What is different about Indigenous land management?
“Country is a place that gives and receives life” (Deborah Bird-Rose, Nourishing Terrains)
• Holistic approach• Indigenous worldview, values, history, and culture• Management of natural resources that are essential
for life• Customary responsibility • Millenia of management and use
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Who supports Indigenous land and sea management (ILSM)?
• Government – federal and state/ territory• Indigenous land councils eg NLC, CLC, ILC
• Universities• NGOs eg TNC, Bush Heritage
• Philanthropy eg Myer Foundation
• Market-based economies eg Carbon offsets
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What ecological data are collected by ILSM groups?
• Diverse range at different levels and scales
• Three main types– Baseline biodiversity data– Ethnobiology and ecology– Ecological monitoring
• Intensive eg plant surveys• Extensive eg Remote sensing
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Participatory research in Arnhem Land
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35 long term monitoring sites
Maningrida
Jabiru
Ngukurr
Yirrkala
Kabulwarnamyo
Arnhem LandKakadu NP
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Innovative software: CyberTracker
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Example 1: Feral animal impacts
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Example 2: Wetland condition
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Example 3: Flora inventory
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How can TERN help?
• Collate data• Provide data• Find the gaps• Focus research
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Things for TERN to consider
• Extent and biodiversity value of the Indigenous estate
• Recognition of the value and depth of Indigenous ecological knowledge (including IP and prior informed consent)
• People already collecting biodiversity data, using both indigenous and non-Indigenous methods
• With the potential for a lot more!
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References• Altman, J. C. 2006. The Indigenous estate and the conservation estate: Integration
possibilities for effective environmental management. Paper presented at the Parks and Protected Areas Management (PPAM) Conference, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2–3 August.
• Altman, J. C., Buchanan, G. and Larsen, L. 2007.The environmental significance of the Indigenous estate: Natural resource management as economic development in remote Australia, CAEPR Discussion Paper No. 286
• Bird-Rose, D. 1996. Nourishing Terrains: Australian Aboriginal views of landscape and wilderness. Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra.
• Woinarski, J.C.Z., Hempel, C. et al. 2006. Distributional pattern of plant species endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 54(7): 627-640.
• Woinarski, J. C. Z., Mackey, B., Nix, H and Traill, B. 2007. The nature of northern Australia. ANU Epress, Canberra