RIEL seminar series
Monitoring to inform effective management decisions – Insights from Warddeken IPA
| Presenter | Dr Cara Penton, Suzanna Nabulwad, and Alexandria Namarnyilk | |
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| Contact person | T: 08 8946 7131 E: RIEL.Outreach@cdu.edu.au | |
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Yellow 1, Level 1, Room 33 at CDU Casuarina Campus, and online via Zoom (see below for Zoom link) All times are ACST |
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| Open to | All International audience, CDU staff and students, Public | |
Dr Cara Penton is a Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University’s Northern Institute and Ecological Monitoring Manager with Warddeken Land Management. Suzanna Nabulwad and Alexandria Namarnyilk are Bininj Nawarddeken women who live and work at Mamadawerre outstation in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area (IPA).
Monitoring can help inform and evaluate IPA management decisions. However, there is little attention given to how technical and Indigenous-led evidence can be integrated into this process for effective management.
In this seminar, Cara, Suzanna, and Alexandra will present on an Indigenous-led monitoring governance approach used on Warddeken Country. This approach ensures monitoring is guided by Traditional Owners, scientifically robust, culturally grounded, and directly applied to management planning, implementation and evaluation. They will provide examples of how this cross-cultural monitoring can support effective and Indigenous-led conservation outcomes.
Cara’s work focuses on community-led ecological monitoring, working with Indigenous rangers and Traditional Owners to develop approaches that bring together local knowledge, ecological science and technology to support meaningful, locally governed Caring for Country decisions. Suzanna is a Senior Women Ranger and Chairwoman of the Digital Women Ranger Program. Alexandria is a Mayh Recovery Officer, working to monitor and protect native animals and support threatened species recovery on Country.
This seminar has been facilitated by the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihood’s (RIEL) Gender Equity and Inclusion Committee as part of the RIEL Seminar Series.
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