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In Indonesia, developing robust approaches to the community management of biosecurity includes making meaningful connections to small crop farmers across long distances. In the case of Australian Indigenous rangers, connections need to be made to tour guides whose places of work are spread across even greater distances. Clearly these connections are dependent on effective communication that values and links local knowledge, industry practice, scientific developments and policy directions. The rapid adoption of mobile technologies across urban, regional and remote communities worldwide has the potential to provide a communication network for previously isolated people around issues of common concern. This chapter discusses the use of mobile technologies and m-learning (mobile-learning) in a small farming community in West Timor, Indonesian and with Indigenous people in Northern Australia. The case studies examine the issues related to using mobile technologies and m-learning to engage community members and researchers in the community management of significant knowledge and its transfer between stakeholders. Finally, the potential of utilizing mobile technologies and m-learning in the community management of plant biosecurity is examined.
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Wallace, R., Mudita, I.W., Natonis, R.L. (2011). Engaging Biosecurity Workforces Through Mobile Learning and Technologies in Community Management of Biosecurity Research. In: Falk, I., Wallace, R., Ndoen, M. (eds) Managing Biosecurity Across Borders. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1412-0_11
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