Wetlands need people: a framework for understanding and promoting Australian indigenous wetland management

Pyke, Michelle L.; Toussaint, Sandy; Close, Paul; Dobbs, R. J.; Davey, Irene; George, Kevin; Oades, Daniel; Sibosado, Deborah; McCarthy, Phillip; Tigan, Cecelia; Angus, Bernadette; Riley, Elaine; Cox, D.; Cox, Zynal; Smith, Brendan; Cox, Preston; Wiggan, Albert; Clifton, Julian

doi:10.5751/es-10283-230343

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“…The Pacific Islands have a long history of both natural and social disturbances, making them especially suited for understanding how social–ecological resilience has been maintained over time (Campbell, ). Like many Indigenous communities globally, many Pacific Island worldviews do not conceive of human and nonhuman or natural domains as fundamentally separate (Caillon, Cullman, Verschuuren, & Sterling, ; Pyke et al, ; Strathern, ). Further, it is increasingly acknowledged that Indigenous values, including Pacific Island values, are not equitably recognized in existing frameworks and as such, ecosystem relationships, benefits, and services are not accurately assessed (Jackson, ).…”

Section: Existing Ses Framework Require Additional Sociocultural Detailmentioning

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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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Section: Existing Ses Framework Require Additional Sociocultural Detailmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Dacks¹,

Ticktin²,

Mawyer

et al. 2019

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…Nonetheless, many articles emphasized the opportunities, or cobenefits, of indigenous guardian programs for indigenous‐led outcomes, such as addressing intergenerational trauma, language, and culture (Holmes & Jampijinpa 2013; Muller 2014); improving health outcomes and clinical indicators (Mackie & Meacheam 2016); and supporting indigenous presence and use of country (Pyke et al. 2018). One article from the United States, for example, speaks to the process of land reclamation as an act of healing: “…to reclaim stolen lands are not solely political projects…but means for healing intergenerational trauma” (Carroll 2014:38).…”

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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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“…In this special issue, the cultural importance of freshwater places and culturally relevant management was highlighted by Robin et al (2022), Bangalang et al (2022) and Daniels et al (2022). Throughout the symposium, similar themes were presented by the Nyul Nyul Rangers (Pyke et al 2018), Ngukurr Yangbala Rangers (Russell et al 2020) and the ESA Indigenous Keynote Speaker in 2018, Dr Brad Moggridge, who spoke about the need to integrate Indigenous cultural values into water planning (Moggridge et al 2019).…”

Section: The Multiple Benefits Of Cross-cultural Ecological Research and Managementmentioning

confidence: 92%

Synthesis of Australian cross‐cultural ecology featuring a decade of annual Indigenous ecological knowledge symposia at the Ecological Society of Australia conferences

Ens¹,

Turpin²

2022

Eco Management Restoration

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Indigenous Australians are Australia's first ecologists and stewards of land, sea and freshwater Country. Indigenous biocultural knowledge, as coded in story, song, art, dance and other cultural practices, has accumulated and been refined through thousands of generations of Indigenous tribal groups who have distinct cultural responsibilities for their ancestral estates. European colonisation of Australia had and is still having severe impacts on Indigenous cultural practice, knowledge, people and Country. In contemporary ecology and environmental management, re-recognition of the unique values of Indigenous biocultural knowledge and practice is occurring and increasingly being deployed alongside Western approaches in what has been described as cross-cultural, two-way or right-way work. This article describes the development of cross-cultural ecology and environmental approaches in Australia. We then provide an overview of 10 years of conference presentations associated with the annual Indigenous Ecological Knowledge symposiums of the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA). From 2010 to 2020, 173 people participated in the symposia from around Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand), of which 62% were Indigenous Australians and 3% Maori. Most participants were from Indigenous Ranger groups followed by University staff, with a roughly even split of men and women. A total of 100 presentations were given and a word frequency analysis of the presentation titles revealed the dominant words (themes) were: Indigenous, management, Country, fire, working, knowledge and cultural. The increasing Indigenous participation in the ESA conferences was coincident with increasing Indigenous-led projects across Australia, although we recognise that much more work needs to be done to increase Indigenous participation and control in Australian ecology and environmental management to move from cross-cultural to Indigenousled approaches.

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Wetlands need people: a framework for understanding and promoting Australian indigenous wetland management

Cited by 33 publications

References 61 publications

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Indigenous guardians as an emerging approach to indigenous environmental governance

Synthesis of Australian cross‐cultural ecology featuring a decade of annual Indigenous ecological knowledge symposia at the Ecological Society of Australia conferences

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