Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science - Lunch and Learn presentation

WAMSI Lunch and Learn Seminar- Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science – Thursday, 30 November 17, 12:00-1:00, Kensington
What: Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science
When: Thursday, 30 November 2017, 12:00-13:00
Where: DBCA, Kensington – Torndirrup and Nambung Seminar Rooms
Who: the KISSP project team led by Dean Mathews (Yawuru) and Daniel Oades (Bardi Jawi)

As part of the WAMSI Kimberley Marine Research Program, representatives from seven Kimberley saltwater traditional owner groups have formed a working group to improve the way natural and cultural resource management research and monitoring initiatives involving Traditional Owners and the science community are planned, assessed and undertaken across the Kimberley. This Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science Project (KISSP) working group have engaged researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Charles Darwin University (CDU), the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) and Mosaic Environmental to better understand Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science and to develop better engagement between scientists and traditional owners.
The project has focused on Kimberley Saltwater Country – which encompasses the traditional lands of saltwater peoples and includes coastline, islands, seabed and marine environment.

The seven saltwater Country groups include: the Balanggarra, Wunambal-Gaambera, Dambimangari, Bardi-Jawi, Nyul Nyul, Yawuru and Karajarri peoples.

This project has included 3 specific components:

Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and management practices into Kimberley marine conservation and management (led by Dr Beau Austin of the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin);
Developing a standard research protocol for land and sea research in the Kimberley (led by Gina Lincoln of Mosaic Environmental for the Kimberley Land Council, Broome); and
Developing a standard framework for marine monitoring in the Kimberley with Indigenous ranger groups, (led by Rebecca Dobbs, University of Western Australia, Kununurra).

The project leaders, Dean Mathews and Daniel Oades, along with members from the research team will be presenting on the final outcomes of this project.