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indigenous perspectives
Tiwi islands water planning
Challenge
first water planning process on indigenous estates
water access and planning frameworks will recognise indigenous needs in relation to water access and management
the process
Community workshops
engender broad community participation in water planning
Participatory visual tools
to facilitate community participation and identify and record values, issues and management actions; physical 3D groundwater model
Visits to country
to facilitate input of tiwi knowledge and landowners values - the right people speaking for the land and water. Designing a monitoring programme. Individual Trustee or water delegate from each 'nation'
Principles of the innovation community for tiwi water resource planning
recognising tiwi ownership and governance structures
respecting and managing different knowledge/s
timing and resourcing process
adaptive approach (action learning process)
negotiating methods of participation
Principles of indigenous enviro management
Indigenous driven governance
based on indigenous knowledge, kinship and law
collaborative process
negotiation is fundamental; different roles and knowledges respected (learning together)
country is the basis for planning
indigenous land and sea estates are managed by the 'right' people and groups
cultural rights and responsibilities taken seriously
regardless of tenure, decision making resides with traditional custodians
Context and Challenges
Challenges
integration of indigenous and western scientific knowledge and methods
indigenous owners and managers are supported to manage their custodial lands
Context
Indigenous protected areas (since 1990s)
Indigenous ranger programs (working on country)
National water initiative
Dhimurru Aboriginal corporation
Development of the ranger role from 1991-2017
How it's addressing challenges
Dhimurru board: sole governing authority
ranger role = 'both ways' ranger education and training
sought partnership with govts. not 'lease back' arrangement
Dhimurru protected area established in 2000
NE Arnhem land
Looking back to look forward
Understanding how the dhimurru and broader community understand the value of the ranger work
how the dhimurru know the rangers are doing an effective job
responding to uncertain times (didn't know if Working on country and Indigenous protected areas programmes would continue)
understanding performance
accountability to governments and the local people
collected and created 'performance stories'
interviews, observations, focus groups, galtha rom workshops
galtha rom: explicitly designed to incorporate and value indigenous and non indigenous knowledge making
indigenous rangers play a key role
both ways practices
knowing and being known by country
being ralpa (a leader) (especially if it is your mothers country you have an obligation to the land)
mobilising the Dhimurru vision statement
what this means for the ranger work (must be enabled through)
professional development and training for rangers
succession and ranger workforce development
'both ways' knowledge generation methods
what we learnt about indigenous ranger work
co-benefits of indigenous ranger work are evident
training curricula don't credit indigenous knowledge
support for Galtha rom
succession planning and sustainable arnger workforce model
partnerships and working relationships