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From killing lists to healthy country: Aboriginal approaches to weed control in the Kimberley, Western Australia
Journal of Environmental Management ( IF 8.7 ) Pub Date : 2018-07-04 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.050
Thomas M. Bach , Christian A. Kull , Haripriya Rangan

The Australian Government's funding of land management by Aboriginal communities aims to enable them to manage natural and cultural resources according to their values and aspirations. But this approach is countered in the case of weed management, where the emphasis is on killing plants that are identified on invasive alien species lists prepared by government agencies. Based on field research with Bardi-Jawi, Bunuba, Ngurrara, Nyikina Mangala and Wunggurr land managers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, we observed that 27 of 35 weed control projects followed the government agency weed lists for species-led control. Of these 27 projects, only two were considered successful in meeting Aboriginal cultural aspirations. In most of the other cases, the list-based approach generated frustration among Aboriginal rangers who felt they were engaged in purposeless killing. In contrast, we found that elders and rangers preferred site-based approaches that considered landscape and vegetation management from their culturally specific and highly contextual geographies of ‘healthy country’. We outline instances where ranger groups have adopted site-based management that has been informed by geographies of healthy country and argue that such an approach offers a better alternative to current list-based weed control and produces positive outcomes for Aboriginal communities.



中文翻译:

从杀戮清单到健康国家:西澳大利亚州金伯利的原住民防除杂草方法

澳大利亚政府对土著社区土地管理的资助旨在使他们能够根据其价值观和愿望来管理自然和文化资源。但是这种方法在杂草处理的情况下却遭到了反对,杂草管理的重点是杀死政府机构制定的入侵外来物种清单上确定的植物。根据与西澳大利亚金伯利地区的Bardi-Jawi,Bunuba,Ngurrara,Nyikina Mangala和Wunggurr土地经理的田间研究,我们观察到35个杂草控制项目中有27个遵循政府机构的杂草清单进行物种主导的控制。在这27个项目中,只有两个被认为成功地满足了土著文化的愿望。在其他大多数情况下,基于列表的方法使原住民游骑兵感到沮丧,他们认为他们从事了无目的的杀戮。相比之下,我们发现,长者和护林员更喜欢基于现场的方法,这些方法是从其文化特定且高度相关的“健康国家”地域考虑景观和植被管理的。我们概述了护林员团体在健康国家的地理环境下已采取基于现场的管理的实例,并认为这种方法可为当前基于列表的杂草控制提供更好的替代方法,并为土著社区带来积极的成果。我们发现,长者和护林员更喜欢基于站点的方法,这些方法是从其文化特定且高度相关的“健康国家”地理位置考虑景观和植被管理的。我们概述了护林员团体在健康国家的地理环境下已采取基于现场的管理的实例,并认为这种方法可为当前基于列表的杂草控制提供更好的替代方法,并为土著社区带来积极的成果。我们发现,长者和护林员更喜欢基于站点的方法,这些方法是从其文化特定且高度相关的“健康国家”地理位置考虑景观和植被管理的。我们概述了护林员团体在健康国家的地理环境下已采取基于现场的管理的实例,并认为这种方法可为当前基于列表的杂草控制提供更好的替代方法,并为土著社区带来积极的成果。

更新日期:2018-07-04
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