Conservation planning in a cross‐cultural context: the Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project in the Kimberley, Western Australia

Moorcroft, Heather; Ignjic, Emma; Cowell, S.; Goonack, John; Mangolomara, Sylvester; Oobagooma, Janet; Karadada, Regina; Williams, DiAnna Toliver; Waina, Neil

doi:10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00629.x

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“…A notable initiative has involved the rapid expansion of the Indigenous Protected Area system, a network of voluntary agreements for conservation management on Aboriginal lands. Since its establishment in 1997, the extent of such areas has increased to more than 500,000 km 2 , and the principal focus of their management activity is the restoration of fire regimes that provide benefit to biodiversity (112). In an important recognition of the links between society and environmental responsibilities and condition, these indigenous ranger programs are delivering not only important conservation outcomes but also enhanced social, health, and economic outcomes to otherwise substantially disadvantaged communities (113).…”

Section: Conservation Management Responses: What Is Working and What mentioning

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Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

Woinarski

Burbidge

Harrison

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

749

634

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The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an extraordinary rate of extinction (>10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last ∼200 y: in comparison, only one native land mammal from continental North America became extinct since European settlement. A further 21% of Australian endemic land mammal species are now assessed to be threatened, indicating that the rate of loss (of one to two extinctions per decade) is likely to continue. Australia's marine mammals have fared better overall, but status assessment for them is seriously impeded by lack of information. Much of the loss of Australian land mammal fauna (particularly in the vast deserts and tropical savannas) has been in areas that are remote from human population centers and recognized as relatively unmodified at global scale. In contrast to general patterns of extinction on other continents where the main cause is habitat loss, hunting, and impacts of human development, particularly in areas of high and increasing human population pressures, the loss of Australian land mammals is most likely due primarily to predation by introduced species, particularly the feral cat, Felis catus, and European red fox, Vulpes vulpes, and changed fire regimes.conservation | biodiversity | marsupial | predation | feral animal

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Section: Conservation Management Responses: What Is Working and What mentioning

confidence: 99%

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

Woinarski

Burbidge

Harrison

2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

749

634

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“…With the aim of acknowledging and incorporating the varied interests and values held by Tiwi Islanders this research developed, in collaboration with both the government planning agency and Tiwi institutions and communities, mechanisms and approaches (participatory 'planning tools') to promote and facilitate engagement of Tiwi Islanders and their institutions in decisions about the management of their water resources. This research therefore provides important insights and lessons on how to engage Indigenous water managers in planning processes and contributes to a growing body of Australian (Baker et al, 2003;Altman and Jackson, 2008;Moorcroft et al, 2012;Ens et al, 2012;) and international literature (Borrini-Feyeraband et al, 2004;Berkes, 2008) on cross-cultural approaches to managing Indigenous 'country' or custodial estates.…”

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Methods and approaches to support Indigenous water planning: An example from the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia

Hoverman

Ayre

2012

Journal of Hydrology

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“…Non-pastoral lands held collectively by Indigenous people constitute~15% of the area, and conservation reserves~6% . Over the last 20-30 years there has been a substantial increase in the area of Indigenous lands managed for conservation, either through jointly managed national parks (such as Kakadu National Park) or as Indigenous Protected Areas (Moorcroft et al 2012), and also an increase in the area of land managed for conservation by private organisations (such as the Australian Wildlife Conservancy).…”

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The impacts of fire on birds in Australia's tropical savannas

Woinarski

Legge

2013

Emu - Austral Ornithology

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Abstract. The ecology of Australia's tropical savannas is shaped by the near-pervasive influence of fire. Constituting 20% of Australia's land area, tropical savannas contribute >75% of the area burnt in Australia each year. Across most of Australia's tropical savannas, components of biodiversity are declining, including many species of birds. This review seeks to assess whether that decline is linked to current fire regimes. However, relevant studies are few, short-term and opportunistic, and indicate rather than demonstrate the effects of fire. There is no set of agreed paradigms for contextualising the relationship between birds and fire regimes in this region or for any management consequences. We conclude that the current fire regime is suboptimal for many species of birds, particularly for granivores, frugivores, hollow-dependent species and those that nest on or near the ground. For conservation reserves, we recommend that fire management protocols include the explicit targets that: (1) at least 25% of the savanna landscape is at least 3 years unburnt; (2) at least 5% is at least 10 years unburnt; (3) fire-sensitive non-savanna vegetation types are increasing or stable and (4) populations of selected hollownesting, ground-nesting, frugivorous and granivorous birds are increasing or stable. We also identify key knowledge gaps that currently inhibit conservation management.

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Conservation planning in a cross‐cultural context: the Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project in the Kimberley, Western Australia

Abstract: This article illustrates how a conservation planning approach combined Indigenous knowledge and Western science to support Indigenous Traditional Owners to make decisions about managing their ancestral lands and seas, and communicate more strategically with external stakeholders

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

Methods and approaches to support Indigenous water planning: An example from the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia

The impacts of fire on birds in Australia's tropical savannas

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