Abstract
Community management of biosecurity in Northern Australia has long been the domain of generations of Indigenous peoples who are connected through culture and tradition to the land and sea. The management of biosecurity by national and regional governments and other agencies is more recent and intersects with the cultural and work practices of local communities to varying degrees. Approaches that develop effective responses to biosecurity threats, particularly across vast, sparsely populated areas, are essentially connected to respectful partnerships with local communities and their members. This chapter discusses the partnerships that bridge diverse knowledge systems and their underlying perspectives as they relate to the community management of plant biosecurity conducted with remote Indigenous people living and working in Northern Australia.
Partnerships that support the community-based management of biosecurity are enhanced by investment in developing sustainable livelihoods in regional and remote communities. Approaches to any development in Aboriginal communities, benefits from connecting to local governance structures and investing in Aboriginal peoples’ economic, cultural, social and environmental livelihoods. These partnerships have at their core, sound processes and structures that support participants to share, create and recognize emergent and local knowledge. They also value mapping approaches and capacity for working in partnership across different governance and knowledge systems. Continued input from stakeholders about their priorities, approaches to managing knowledge and learning systems is essential in this process. As well as the ability to analyze, articulate and operationalise partnerships that improve the engagement of learners, educators, community government and industry stakeholders in addressing key issues at a local and systemic level. This proactive approach to managing pests and diseases operates across community, policy, regional and national boundaries.
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Rangers indicates Australian Indigenous Rangers throughout the rest of this paper.
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Vocational Education and Training.
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A training package is a set of Australian nationally approved standards and qualifications for recognizing and assessing people’s skills in a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
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An organization that is accredited to deliver nationally approved training in Australia.
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Wallace, R. (2011). Social Partnerships in Learning: Engaging Local, Regional and National Partners in Plant Biosecurity Management. In: Falk, I., Wallace, R., Ndoen, M. (eds) Managing Biosecurity Across Borders. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1412-0_6
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