Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Conservation Partnerships in Australia

Austin, Beau J.; Robinson, Catherine J.; Fitzsimons, James; Sandford, Marcus; Ens, Emilie; MacDonald, James M.; Hockings, Marc; Hinchley, David; McDonald, Fergus; Corrigan, Colleen; Kennett, Rod; Hunter-Xenie, Hmalan; Garnett, Stephen T.

doi:10.4103/cs.cs_16_123

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“…Biocultural indicator development is a complex process that often involves weaving across different worldviews (Austin et al, ; E. J. Sterling, Filardi, et al, ; Tengö et al, ).…”

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Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Dacks¹,

Ticktin²,

Mawyer

et al. 2019

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Resource management and conservation interventions are increasingly embracing social–ecological systems (SES) concepts. While SES frameworks recognize the connectedness of humans and nature, many fail to acknowledge the complex role of sociocultural factors in influencing people's interactions with the environment. As such, when indicators in SES frameworks are used to measure the social dimension, easy to measure, socioeconomic indicators are the norms, while more complex social and cultural indicators are rare. To develop meaningful indicators of resilience in SES we need to understand local definitions of resilience. In this paper we describe methods used in a biocultural approach to illuminate sociocultural factors that Pacific Islanders identify as important for resilient communities. We focus specifically on two dimensions of sociocultural factors, “Connectedness to People and Place” and “Indigenous and local knowledges, skills, practices, values and worldviews,” which relate to many interventions, but are not usually monitored. We offer examples of indicators that may be appropriate to measure under these dimensions. Increased use of biocultural indicators will bring additional insight on the types and combinations of indicators that work best in given contexts.

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“…Biocultural indicator development is a complex process that often involves weaving across different worldviews (Austin et al, ; E. J. Sterling, Filardi, et al, ; Tengö et al, ).…”

Section: Example Biocultural Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Dacks¹,

Ticktin²,

Mawyer

et al. 2019

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…Over the last few decades this stewardship has evolved to include communitybased Aboriginal land and sea ranger programs (Altman and Arnhem Land remains overly dependent on welfare and detached from the labour market (Markham and Biddle 2018). As in many other parts of northern Australia, formalised Aboriginal ranger groups operate in Arnhem Land to provide a coordinated and regional approach to tackle natural and cultural resource management challenges while empowering and employing local people (Altman and Kerins 2012;Austin et al 2018). These ranger programs integrate the interests of Traditional Owners, and incorporate Aboriginal knowledge and cultural practices as well as western science and technology (Warddeken Land Management Limited 2016).…”

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“…These co-benefits are arguably the reason why Aboriginal people are engaging with the carbon industry and also why the carbon credits they produce are highly valued by the carbon market (Jackson and Palmer 2015;Barber and Jackson 2017). Still evolving are discussions and methods focused on how to measure, value and account for the co-benefits associated with the production of carbon credits (Jackson and Palmer 2015;Sangha et al 2017;Austin et al 2018;McMurray et al 2018). Often overlooked in these discussions is an examination of the savanna burning projects from the viewpoint of Traditional Owners.…”

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Contemporary Aboriginal savanna burning projects in Arnhem Land: a regional description and analysis of the fire management aspirations of Traditional Owners

Ansell¹,

Evans

2020

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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The growth of the carbon industry in Australia over the last decade has seen an increase in the number of eligible offsets projects utilising the savanna burning methods in northern Australia. Many of these projects are operated by Aboriginal people on Aboriginal lands utilising local Aboriginal knowledge and customary burning practice. The present paper reviews existing land management planning documents to describe the aspirations of Traditional Owners in relation to fire management at a regional scale in Arnhem Land. Available data collected in the course of savanna burning operations are then utilised to examine the extent to which the savanna burning projects are meeting these goals. There were six clear goals in relation to fire management within the planning documents across Arnhem Land. Traditional Owners want to: (1) continue the healthy fire management of their country; (2) see fewer wildfires; (3) protect biodiversity; (4) protect culturally important sites; (5) maintain and transfer knowledge; and (6) create a carbon abatement. The results from this paper suggest that although the savanna burning projects are annually variable, these goals are being met. Importantly, the present paper clearly communicates a description of contemporary fire management from the perspective of Traditional Owners at a broad regional scale.

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“…2016) and to coproduce scalable “two‐ways” indicators for managing indigenous country and conservation must be central to codesigned research (Austin et al. 2018). One promising example of a two‐ways approach is known in Warlpiri (language of Warlpiri people, Australia) as jarnku mirni mirni ; that is, “… Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people equally and actively sharing their different, yet often complementary, knowledge systems and skill sets towards a joint goal” (Preuss & Dixon 2012:3).…”

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Indigenous guardians as an emerging approach to indigenous environmental governance

Reed

Brunet

Longboat

et al. 2020

Conservation Biology

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Over the past 3 decades, indigenous guardian programs (also known as indigenous rangers or watchmen) have emerged as an institution for indigenous governments to engage in collaborative environmental governance. Using a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature for research conducted in Australia, Canada, Aotearoa-New Zealand, and the United States, we sought to characterize the emergence of indigenous guardians in the literature and explore whether guardian approaches are representative of Indigenous approaches to environmental governance. Using a multistep relevance-screening method, we reviewed 83 articles published since 1995, that report on, critique, or comment on Indigenous guardians. Our findings indicated that most articles on the topic were published in the last decade (88%), focused on Australia (65%), and were in a social science discipline (53%). The lead author of the majority of articles was an academic, although only half of the articles included an indigenous scholar or member of an indigenous group or organization as a coauthor. Finally, 11 articles were on research of guardian programs that were locally led and only 5 exemplified indigenous governance, based on 2 well-known community-based monitoring typologies. Our findings indicate that more research is required to understand the implications of current guardian programs for indigenous self-determination, particularly when such programs are embedded in a broader western environmental governance structure.

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Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Conservation Partnerships in Australia

Cited by 32 publications

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Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Contemporary Aboriginal savanna burning projects in Arnhem Land: a regional description and analysis of the fire management aspirations of Traditional Owners

Indigenous guardians as an emerging approach to indigenous environmental governance

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