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Title: | Cross-Cultural Monitoring of a Cultural Keystone Species Informs Revival of Indigenous Burning of Country in South-Eastern Australia | Contributor(s): | McKemey, Michelle B (author); Patterson, Maureen (Lesley) (author); Rangers, Banbai (author); Ens, Emilie J (author); Reid, Nick C H (author) ; Hunter, John T (author) ; Costello, Oliver (author); Ridges, Malcolm (author); Miller, Cara (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Early Online Version: | 2019-12-17 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10745-019-00120-9 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29543 | Abstract: | Globally, Indigenous cultural burning has been practiced for millennia, although colonization limited Indigenous people’s ability to access and manage their ancestral lands. Recently, recognition of Indigenous fire management has been increasing, leading to the re-emergence of cultural burning in Australia, the Americas, parts of Asia and Africa. We describe how the Banbai people of south-eastern Australia have reintroduced cultural burning at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area. Our team of Banbai Rangers and non-Indigenous scientists conducted cross-cultural research to investigate the impact of burning on a cultural keystone species, the Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Our comparison of the effects of a low-intensity, patchy, cultural fire in the Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area to a nearby higher intensity fire in Warra National Park through a Before-After-Control-Impact assessment indicated that the higher intensity fire reduced echidna foraging activity, possibly to avoid predation. Most importantly, we describe a cross-cultural research model whereby Indigenous rangers and non-Indigenous scientists work together to inform adaptive natural and cultural resource management. Such trans-disciplinary and collaborative research strengthens informed conservation decision-making and the social-ecological resilience of communities. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Human Ecology, 47(6), p. 893-904 | Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1572-9915 0300-7839 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050201 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410407 Wildlife and habitat management | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180403 Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages: | E8 Baanbay | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences School of Science and Technology |
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