Ninti One research presentation day Theme 2: Knowledge to Practice
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Ninti One Research Presentation Day, 8 August 2013, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Theme 2: Knowledge to Practice
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Ninti One research presentation day Theme 2: Knowledge to Practice
- 2. Theme 2 – Knowledge to Practice Facilitator: Steve Fisher Speakers: Quentin Hart Karl Hampton Danny Ware Mervyn Raggett Tim Driver John Guenther
- 4. AFCMP Scope • Largest CfoC project: ‐ $16.6 million over four years plus partner contributions ‐ 20 project partners ‐ feral camel distribution of 3.3 million sq km ‐ hundreds of landholders • Ninti One was contracted by Aust Govt in early 2010
- 5. Developing the knowledge base • Desert Knowledge CRC project (NHT 2006‐08) • Aimed to develop national management framework to reverse population growth and resultant impacts • Key tasks: >distribution, abundance, population dynamics >stakeholder perceptions >review legislation >assess impacts >review management options, including management decision framework
- 8. Popn: was estimated at 1 million: 43% on Aboriginal land; 22% pastoral; 10% conservation; 25% Crown
- 9. The management challenge • Australian Government expectations (e.g. verification and monitoring requirements) • Other stakeholders: commercial use industry, RSPCA • Comprehensive governance structure • Large number of landholders across different land tenures • Extremely mobile animals • Rainfall!
- 10. Landholder perceptions • Conservation managers: viewed feral camels as a pest • Pastoralists: 84% managed camels (usually culling) but recognised that commercial use could be an option • Aboriginal lands: Culling considered wasteful but growing frustration about impacts • Identified impacts: >infrastructure damage >livestock competition >biodiversity >water quality >cultural sites >human safety >greenhouse (emissions and veg impact)
- 15. GOOD OUTCOME POOR OUTCOME GOOD OUTCOME POOR OUTCOME
- 16. Project partners • Alinytjara Wilurara NRM Board (South Australia) • Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands) • Australian Wildlife Conservancy • Biosecurity SA • Central Land Council • CSIRO • Department of Agriculture and Food WA • Department of Environment and Conservation (WA) • Department of Environment and Natural Resources (SA) • Department of Environment and Resource Management (Qld) • Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (NT) • Flinders University • Kimberley Land Council • Natural Resource Management Board NT Inc • Ngaanyatjarra Council Inc (WA) • Ninti One Ltd • NT Cattlemen’s Association • Pila Nguru Aboriginal Corporation (WA) • Rangelands NRM (WA) • South Australian Arid Lands NRM Board
- 17. Project achievements to date • Project partners remain engaged and effective collaborations – benefits for other NRM • Proactive engagement of commercial use industry • Landholder consents in place – long‐term benefits • Despite rainfall in 2010‐11, over 150,000 feral camels removed, and on track to achieve density targets at most assets
- 18. Project achievements to date • Rigorous process of standards, training and verification to ensure high level of animal welfare • Comprehensive environmental monitoring in place – baseline for future work • Improved knowledge of feral camel population dynamics • Capacity building – culling, commercial use and environmental monitoring
- 22. Knowledge to Practice – Best Practice • We use a Participatory Research methodology of face to face interviews with Aboriginal people conducted by Aboriginal Community Researchers. • 48 Community Researchers are based across the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland. • From various language groups with a majority fluent Aboriginal language speakers.
- 27. How often have you seen camels in the last year? • Majority of times are: ‐ Every month ‐ A few times a year. Most common damage by camels seen by Aboriginal people surveyed are: ‐ Tree’s and plants ‐ Waterholes and rock holes ‐ Sacred sites. ….Summary of results from surveys to date
- 31. Knowledge to Practice Canberra 2013 Tim Driver Precision Pastoral Pty Ltd
- 32. The Pastoral Enterprise, a staple in remote communities. The pastoral industry has been and will remain a staple in remote Australia Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 33. Ninti One’s Pastoral Industry Engagement Ninti One understood the issues affecting the long term profitability of the pastoral sector. Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 34. Reducing Operational Expenses & Increasing Production Reducing the monitoring costs of livestock water infrastructure through use of telemetry Increasing the production from the livestock asset Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 35. Ninti One Trusted Adviser Napperby Field day 2007 Ninti One was demonstrating it’s commitment to Pastoral Industry Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 36. Remote Livestock Management System Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 37. RLMS Video Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 38. Average Weight Vs. Rainfalls Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations • This data can be used for more effective marketing of your cattle Sale Price: 390 c/kg cwt Sale Price: 379 c/kg cwt
- 39. Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations Precision Pastoral Pty Ltd was tasked with commercialising research from the former Desert Knowledge CRC Precision Pastoral April 2010
- 40. Today… Precision Pastoral is currently administering a Commercialisation Australia grant which is preparing the company for the commercial release of the RLMS. Pre-commercial systems are successfully being trialled on 8 properties. Creating new online software tools to assist in on-farm decision making. Participating in the next generation of research being undertaken by CRC-REP Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 43. Research questions 1. What is education for in remote Australia and what can/should it achieve? 2. What defines ‘successful’ educational outcomes from the remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standpoint? 3. How does teaching need to change in order to achieve ‘success’ is defined by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standpoint? 4. What would an effective education system in remote Australia look like?
- 44. Data collection • Community surveys • In‐depth interviews • Thinking Outside The Tank (focus groups) • Myschool datasets • Census and other secondary data sources • ‘Collegial snapshot surveys’ • Active advisory group
- 45. What have we found? • Mainstream assumptions don’t necessarily apply • The deficits defined and articulated by the system are not seen as such by remote community members; • Engagement in learning is dependent on culture and community; • Strategies don’t improve outcomes; • Not a lot has changed; • Race and remoteness don’t make a lot of difference to outcomes • Cultural and worldview ‘distance’ does. We’re not looking for the magic bullet solution!
- 46. Implications from the research • Shifting the focus from bums on seats (attendance) to real world learning; • Withdrawal of punitive measures and incentives designed to force compliance and therefore; • Directing resources to building local capacity and engagement; • Adapting curriculum to the things that matter in remote communities, for example • Land tenure, legal issues, negotiations with mining • Local/regional politics and governance • Applying local/cultural knowledge to land management • Setting up two‐way knowledge exchanges through partnerships with city‐based schools; • Opportunities to focus on learning designed to increase confidence and build identity first. • Separate learning spaces for post‐primary students
- 47. Partners