EAR - Traditional and Contemporary Management

Question 1

How many indigenous groups are there around the GBR and give an example

Answer 1

There are over 70 and one example is the Gimuy-walubarra yidi in Cairns. Their totemic animal is a scorpion.

Question 2

What are some concepts linked to traditional management in the GBR?

Answer 2

• Totems
• Nomadic lifestyles
• Hunting seasons

Question 3

What are some ways in which contemporary and traditional management strategies overlap in the GBR?

Answer 3

TUMRA (Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreement) and IRAC (Indigenous reef advisory committee) agreements

Question 4

What is an example of a social contemporary management strategy undertaken by the GBRMPA and a stat?

Question 5

What are two categories that should be mentioned when addressing contemporary management?

Answer 5

The SLEEPT acronym (social, legal, ecological, economic, political, technological), as well as scale (local, regional or global)

SLEEPT is not neccessary but good for examples

Question 6

How is traditional management used in the TRHS

Answer 6

Indonesia is home to some 1000 ethnic groups. Many indigenous groups such as Batak tribes have always used an agroforestry system of mixed farming and hunting/gathering.
However, more nomadic indigenous groups such as the Orang Rimba also exist. Their nomadic lifestyle requires extensive forest in which to practice cultures.

Question 7

What are some concepts within traditional management in the TRHS

Answer 7

• Nomadic lifestyles (Orang Rimba)
• “Adat” customary common land use rules
• Totems
• Animist belief systems
• Deep cultural ecological knowledge

Question 8

What are some concepts within traditional management in the GBR

Answer 8

• Nomadic lifestyles
• Mosaic burning
• Closed seasons
• Totems
• Hunting seasons
• Intense cultural ecological knowledge

Question 9

How is traditional management used in the GBR

Answer 9

Traditional management is highly interwoven, with care of land being of equal importance to care of reef.
Gimuy-walubarra yidi at Cairns have a number of totemic relationships and territorial practices.
Knowledge of Womies for extended reef activities, now play role in the protection of the reef
* Includes ecological wisdom

Question 10

What are some challenged to contemporary management

Answer 10

• Tourism impacts vs tourism benefits (e.g. Fitzroy Island)
• Management of land-based environments and industries (Sugar cane, Banana and Aquaculture) - environmental impact assessments and artificial wetlands
• Political challenges of balancing reef management with urban development, primary industries and mineral extraction are significant

Question 11

How effective has contemporary management been in the GBR

Answer 11

International attention is also useful in highlighting Government inaction.
UNESCO World Heritage Inscription in 1981
Debate about “In Danger Status” since 2017 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57562685)
Ecosystem conservation vs damaging coal mining