Perceptions, Motivations and Practices for Indigenous Engagement in Marine Science in Australia

Hedge, Paul; Putten, E. Ingrid van; Hunter, Cass; Fischer, Mibu

doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00522

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“…Similar to Thompson et al (2020) review on Indigenous participation, a survey conducted by Hedge et al (2020) shows that representation of Indigenous peoples within marine science research (at least in Australia), was mainly in regards to data collection. The consistent othering of traditional knowledge is what has continued the tension between the two worldviews (Fig.…”

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Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future

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et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Coastal Indigenous and Traditional communities are starting to see changes to their lives from climate change, whether this is from species range changes or displacement from land changes. For many of these communities, the ability to adequately adapt to these changes is limited by the governance structures they are required to live within, which differ from their customary practices and culture. In November 2019, a group of Indigenous and Traditional Peoples, attended the Future Seas 2030 workshop and discussed the consequences of climate change, the biggest barriers for their communities, and barriers for using traditional knowledge in order to contribute towards a more sustainable future that in the end will benefit all of earth’s people. The aim of this workshop was to highlight and give a voice to the various backgrounds and real-life situations impacting on some of the world’s Indigenous and Traditional communities whose connection with the oceans and coasts have been disrupted. This paper presents these issues of oppression, colonisation, language and agency, making it difficult for these groups to contribute to the current management of oceans and coasts, and asks scientists and practitioners in this space to be allies and enable the needed shift to earth’s guardians taking a leading role in nurturing her for our future.

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Section: Business As Usual-undesirablesupporting

confidence: 52%

Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future

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“…Gaps remain between high-level commitments and policy and practice that meaningfully bridge diverse epistemologies (‘ways of knowing’) (Witter and Satterfield 2019 ), suggesting a lack of attention to the roles of power and politics in co-production outcomes, including failures (Turnhout et al 2020 ). Meaningful co-production remains nascent in marine science (Hedge et al 2020 ) and ocean commons (Vierros et al 2020 ).…”

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Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes

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Nearly a billion people depend on tropical seascapes. The need to ensure sustainable use of these vital areas is recognised, as one of 17 policy commitments made by world leaders, in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 (‘Life below Water’) of the United Nations. SDG 14 seeks to secure marine sustainability by 2030. In a time of increasing social-ecological unpredictability and risk, scientists and policymakers working towards SDG 14 in the Asia–Pacific region need to know: (1) How are seascapes changing? (2) What can global society do about these changes? and (3) How can science and society together achieve sustainable seascape futures? Through a horizon scan, we identified nine emerging research priorities that clarify potential research contributions to marine sustainability in locations with high coral reef abundance. They include research on seascape geological and biological evolution and adaptation; elucidating drivers and mechanisms of change; understanding how seascape functions and services are produced, and how people depend on them; costs, benefits, and trade-offs to people in changing seascapes; improving seascape technologies and practices; learning to govern and manage seascapes for all; sustainable use, justice, and human well-being; bridging communities and epistemologies for innovative, equitable, and scale-crossing solutions; and informing resilient seascape futures through modelling and synthesis. Researchers can contribute to the sustainability of tropical seascapes by co-developing transdisciplinary understandings of people and ecosystems, emphasising the importance of equity and justice, and improving knowledge of key cross-scale and cross-level processes, feedbacks, and thresholds.

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“…Such approaches are underpinned by transparency and open consultation, together with respect for appropriate cultural protocols. Importantly, risk perspectives of Traditional Owners in the context of offshore activities and connections to sea country are often not well considered but should be incorporated in decommissioning research activities through ethical and culturally appropriate engagement (e.g., see Hedge et al, 2020). For the Australian context, this process will also need to recognise that the connections of Indigenous Peoples in Australia to land and sea Country are spatially complex (e.g., see Horton, 1996), and that multiple Traditional Owner groups may need to be engaged in consultation processes depending on the location of decommissioning activities.…”

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Decommissioning Research Needs for Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Australia

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When offshore oil and gas infrastructure is no longer needed, it is either removed, partially removed, left in place, or left in place but repurposed. These processes are collectively referred to as decommissioning. Australian legislation requires oil and gas companies to develop acceptable plans for the safe removal of all offshore infrastructure at the end of a project’s life. Over the next 50 years, the liability for this decommissioning in Australia is expected to exceed US$45 billion. Unlike countries such as Norway, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Australian decommissioning activities are in their infancy, with only three cases (to date) in Commonwealth waters where infrastructure has been left in place or partially removed as part of decommissioning. Differences between the Australian marine environment and that of other regions around the world where decommissioning-related research is better progressed include very low sedimentation rates, both tropical and temperate habitats, different species composition, low primary production, and frequent tropical cyclones, as well as unique sociodemographic and cultural characteristics. Accordingly, the outcomes of the decision support tools used in other regions to identify preferred decommissioning options may not be equally applicable in Australia. Here we describe research to support risk and impact assessment for offshore decommissioning in Australia, where full removal of infrastructure is the “base case” regulatory default, but other options including partial removal and/or repurposing might provide similar or better outcomes when environmental, social, economic and seafood safety aspects are considered. Based on our review we propose an integrated framework for research needs to meet legislative requirements for decommissioning and identify research gaps that need to be addressed to inform decision-making for decommissioning in the Australian context.

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Perceptions, Motivations and Practices for Indigenous Engagement in Marine Science in Australia

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future

Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future

Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes

Decommissioning Research Needs for Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Australia

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