Conservation planning in a cross-cultural context: the Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project in the Kimberley, Western Australia

Authors

Heather Moorcroft, University of WollongongFollow
Emma Ignjic
Stuart Cowell
John Goonack
Sylvester Mangolomara
Janet Oobagooma
Regina Karadada
Dianna Williams
Neil Waina

RIS ID

46737

Publication Details

Moorcroft, H., Ignjic, E., Cowell, S., Goonack, J., Mangolomara, S., Oobagooma, J., Karadada, R., Williams, D. & Waina, N. (2012). Conservation planning in a cross-cultural context: the Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration: Special Issue - Indigenous land and sea management in remote Australia, 13 (1), 16-25.

Abstract

This article illustrates how a conservation planning approach combined Indigenous knowledge and Western science to support Indigenous Traditional Owners to make decisions about managing their ancestral lands and seas, and communicate more strategically with external stakeholders.