‘When you have no law you are nothing’: Cane toads, social consequences and management issues

Seton, Kathryn A.; Bradley, John

doi:10.1080/1444221042000299565

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“…Generally, socio-economic impacts by alien amphibians are surprisingly varied. For example, in Australia, some aboriginal people have changed their traditional habits due to invasion of the cane toad (Seton & Bradley, 2004). In Hawaii, there has been a significant fall in property prices in areas invaded by the coqui frog due to noise disturbance (Kaiser & Burnett, 2006).…”

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A global assessment of alien amphibian impacts in a formal framework

Measey

Vimercati

Villiers

et al. 2016

Diversity and Distributions

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Aims The environmental and socio‐economic impacts of alien species need to be quantified in a way that makes impacts comparable. This allows managers to prioritize their control or removal based on impact scores that can be easily interpreted. Here we aim to score impacts of all known alien amphibians, compare them to other taxonomic groups and determine the magnitude of their ecological and socio‐economic impacts and how these scores relate to key traits. Location Global. Methods We used the generic impact scoring system (GISS) to assess impacts. These impacts were compared to other previously assessed taxonomic groups (mammals, birds, freshwater fish, invertebrates and plants). For each species scored, we investigated the relationship of impacts with key variables (taxonomy, size, clutch size, habitat and native range) using general linear mixed models. Results Our data show that alien amphibians have similar impacts to other taxonomic groups, but comparatively fewer (41%) could be scored using available literature: < 7% of species had 71% of literature used for scoring. Concerning the environment, amphibians scored similar to birds and fish, but lower than mammals. Regarding socio‐economy, only seven species scored impacts, but these were surprisingly serious. Bufonids and pipids consistently scored higher than other amphibian taxa. Species with larger body size and more offspring had higher environmental impacts. Main conclusions Alien amphibians appear to be comparable to other taxa such as birds and freshwater fish in their environmental and socio‐economic impact magnitude. However, there is insufficient literature to score impacts of the majority of alien amphibians, with socio‐economic impacts particularly poorly represented.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A global assessment of alien amphibian impacts in a formal framework

Measey

Vimercati

Villiers

et al. 2016

Diversity and Distributions

106

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“…Kincentric ecologies encourages a habit of thought where geographical landmarks, features, natural phenomenon, flora, and fauna are envisioned as components of an interlocking meshwork (Ingold 2011(Ingold , 2007 where humans and non-humans are equal and mutually informing agents. This counters western epistemologies that present dualities that separate the 'natural environment' from 'human culture' (Ingold 2000;Seton and Bradley 2004). In the following section I discuss how intercultural dialogue is reflected through competing and contrasting understandings of water and rivers.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Kearney (2009) highlights that for the Yanyuwa, hearing is directly associated with the attainment of knowledge. To hear is to be able to communicate and engage with one's ancestral links that connect Aboriginal people with Country, the wider cosmological order that is based upon kincentric networks of relatedness (Salmón 2000;Rose 1996Rose , 2009Seton and Bradley 2004;Langton 2002b, p. 95). The inability to 'hear' is associated with remaining ignorant of such connections and occupying a childlike state, reflected through Yanyuwa expressions such as 'murdirrinjarra'-indicating a position that is 'deemed foolish, incapable of knowing and "mad"' (Kearney 2009, p. 217).…”

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Decolonizing the Intercultural: A Call for Decolonizing Consciousness in Settler-Colonial Australia

Bradfield¹

2019

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Throughout this article I make a case for decolonizing consciousness as a reflexive orientation that reforms the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous life-worlds are navigated and mutually apprehended in a settler colonial context. I consider how through decolonizing dominant habits of thought and action an intercultural dialogue responsive of diverse and mutually informing realities may be cultivated. This article aims to first introduce the key characteristics of ‘decolonizing consciousness’, this being reflexivity, deep listening, and border thinking. Using the Darling River in New South Wales, Australia, as a backdrop, I consider how place and environment are agents and facilitators of a contested intercultural dialogue where Indigenous and non-Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies, and axiologies often come to head. Drawing on fieldwork conducted with Aboriginal residents in far western New South Wales, as well as literature on decolonizing theory and Indigenous knowledge systems from different socio-cultural contexts, I argue that intercultural dialogue begins with reflexive contemplation of how one’s lived experiences is embedded in the realities of others.

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“…Harvesting practices facilitate the intergenerational transfer of ecological and cultural knowledge, and sustain the relationships, or kinship ties between people, their spiritual beliefs and their country (Rose 1996;Seton and Bradley 2004;Toussaint 2014;Barber et al 2015). The practice reinforces social norms and the institutions governing both access to and replenishment of resources (thus the close relationships between natural, human and social capitals).…”

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Maintaining customary harvesting of freshwater resources: sustainable Indigenous livelihoods in the floodplains of northern Australia

Ligtermoet

2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Freshwater resources underpin multiple livelihood systems around the world, particularly in highly productive tropical floodplain regions. Sustaining Indigenous people's access to freshwater resources for customary harvesting, while developing alternative livelihood strategies can be challenging. The sustainable livelihoods approach was applied to examine the ways in which multiple livelihoods in the East Alligator River floodplain region in northern Australia influence Aboriginal people's access to freshwater resources for customary harvesting. Interviews with Aboriginal residents were conducted to understand changes to freshwater customary harvesting practices. The dominant floodplain-based livelihoods analysed were pastoralism, biodiversity conservation and tourism and they were found to generate both opportunities and constraints for sustaining freshwater customary harvesting. Opportunities were provided through facilitating regular access to floodplain country and opportunistic access for harvesting, which assists in sustaining bio-cultural knowledge. Partnerships developed through these mainstream livelihoods built human capacity that enhanced all livelihood resource capitals (natural, human, social, financial and physical). Three key ways the dominant livelihoods constrained access to key freshwater resources were identified. Tourism required sacrificing certain hunting places and had to accommodate recreational fishing pressure. The successful recovery of the saltwater crocodile population through biodiversity conservation policy has inadvertently reduced people's customary access to in-stream resources. Pastoralism on the floodplain had restricted traditional floodplain burning practices associated with accessing aestivating long-necked turtles, affecting access and abundance. These findings highlight the need for the development of remote Indigenous livelihood strategies to make explicit their influences on freshwater customary harvesting practices, to better support their maintenance amongst multiple, noncustomary floodplain livelihoods.

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‘When you have no law you are nothing’: Cane toads, social consequences and management issues

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

A global assessment of alien amphibian impacts in a formal framework

A global assessment of alien amphibian impacts in a formal framework

Decolonizing the Intercultural: A Call for Decolonizing Consciousness in Settler-Colonial Australia

Maintaining customary harvesting of freshwater resources: sustainable Indigenous livelihoods in the floodplains of northern Australia

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