Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration
Abstract Environmental research often occurs in short bursts with the duration of fieldwork often governed by the time constraints of a funding body. Collaborations between academic researchers and Indigenous People have occurred for many years and the exchange of information can create value and kn...
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| author | Amanda Lilleyman Gabrial Millar Samantha Burn Kyle Hunt‐Lew Fatt Aleana Talbot Jimmy Que‐Noy Steven Dawson Ben Williams Alan Mummery Sarah Rolland Shania Wilson Emily Jacobson Benjamin C. D. Smith |
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| description | Abstract Environmental research often occurs in short bursts with the duration of fieldwork often governed by the time constraints of a funding body. Collaborations between academic researchers and Indigenous People have occurred for many years and the exchange of information can create value and knowledge for both participants in the collaboration. Indigenous People play a vital role as knowledge keepers in environmental science and can, in some instances, provide a more secure repository of local knowledge and conservation practice than digital archives. In this essay, Indigenous Rangers on Larrakia country in Darwin, Australia, and a non‐Indigenous academic researcher describe how value‐creation was increased for both parties involved in a collaborative project on the migratory shorebird far eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis). We share our experiences of expectations, the development of methods, the codeveloped goals and complementary ways of thinking to manage threatened species at a local scale, the scale at which the local Larrakia People operate. Through our collaboration, we show that both parties within the collaboration can benefit and create value for a species of conservation concern that has not typically been considered culturally important. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22dd810277e841df91a9bb530c5ebf1b2022-12-22T02:05:51ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542022-08-0148n/an/a10.1111/csp2.12727Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaborationAmanda Lilleyman0Gabrial Millar1Samantha Burn2Kyle Hunt‐Lew Fatt3Aleana Talbot4Jimmy Que‐Noy5Steven Dawson6Ben Williams7Alan Mummery8Sarah Rolland9Shania Wilson10Emily Jacobson11Benjamin C. D. Smith12Threatened Species Recovery Hub, National Environment Science Program, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive Casuarina Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaLarrakia Nation Land and Sea Rangers, Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Coconut Grove Northern Territory AustraliaAbstract Environmental research often occurs in short bursts with the duration of fieldwork often governed by the time constraints of a funding body. Collaborations between academic researchers and Indigenous People have occurred for many years and the exchange of information can create value and knowledge for both participants in the collaboration. Indigenous People play a vital role as knowledge keepers in environmental science and can, in some instances, provide a more secure repository of local knowledge and conservation practice than digital archives. In this essay, Indigenous Rangers on Larrakia country in Darwin, Australia, and a non‐Indigenous academic researcher describe how value‐creation was increased for both parties involved in a collaborative project on the migratory shorebird far eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis). We share our experiences of expectations, the development of methods, the codeveloped goals and complementary ways of thinking to manage threatened species at a local scale, the scale at which the local Larrakia People operate. Through our collaboration, we show that both parties within the collaboration can benefit and create value for a species of conservation concern that has not typically been considered culturally important.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12727academic researchfirst nations peopleindigenous peopleshorebirdtraditional ecological knowledgevalue‐creation |
| spellingShingle | Amanda Lilleyman Gabrial Millar Samantha Burn Kyle Hunt‐Lew Fatt Aleana Talbot Jimmy Que‐Noy Steven Dawson Ben Williams Alan Mummery Sarah Rolland Shania Wilson Emily Jacobson Benjamin C. D. Smith Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration Conservation Science and Practice academic research first nations people indigenous people shorebird traditional ecological knowledge value‐creation |
| title | Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration |
| title_full | Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration |
| title_fullStr | Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration |
| title_short | Indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two‐way research collaboration |
| title_sort | indigenous knowledge in conservation science and the process of a two way research collaboration |
| topic | academic research first nations people indigenous people shorebird traditional ecological knowledge value‐creation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12727 |
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