Relationships with nature Flashcards
Maximising personal comfort levels
- develops good competence, skill, and confidence levels
-elevates cognitive (understanding the experience from various means) and affective (adjusting and feeling emotion) responses
e.g. Equipment is appropriate for the weather
Revisiting places
participants develop:
- an emotional connection
- a sense of place, belongingness
- commitment, demonstrating caring behaviours
Influenced by personal construct of nature (different for everyone)
e.g develop activities that create awareness and an emotional connection
Instilling a sense of place
- refers to the feelings people have for one or more particular locations and the meaning they gather from a relationship with those places
- develop a sense of human attachment and belonging
- a sense of identity and commitment to place
e.g. facilitate connection by providing opportunities of awe
Experiencing Nature
Value of nature enhanced through action and conflict (body, mind) learning.
e.g. Provide opportunities for interaction with nature
Increasing knowledge of the natural environment
Expands our connection with place
e.g. research plants and animals native to the location
Developing competence and skills
Allows comfortability
e.g. provide relevant training before the navigation
Fire stick farming
The creation of mosaics of different aged vegetation that is easier to maintain
Used for:
- Clear land
- Capture fleeing animals
- Create sancturies for animals
- Easier mobility and communication
- Increased growth
- Attracts more vegetation
Prescribed Burns
Conducted after careful consults, planning and monitoring.
Used to:
- reduce fuel load
- maintain biodiversity
- mitigate severity of bushfires
- rehabilitate vegetation
- conduct research
Traditional Fish Traps
Created in natural rock formations from wicker, reeds, logs
- used only for 6 months a year
- In colder months, a few rocks would be removed to allow fish to swim in and out
- As the tide rose, fish swam over the wall and were trapped after it dropped
Fishing Restrictions
Department of Fisheries
used to reduce overfishing and overexploitation of resources
Management strategies include: Size limits, bag limits, daily limits, restricted seasons and areas, licensing
Traditional Sanctuaries
Created through fire stick farming
- allowed for protection and growth of species
-Knowledge was passed down creating greater ties with their surroundings and greater responsibility
National Parks
Areas of cultural, historical, indigenous, environmental value that are import for future generations. With the aim of managing visitor use, cultural heritage, the natural environment, and involving the community
Aboriginal Relationship: Adapting to the environment
30000 yrs ago - australia was lush and green and every mountain was snow capped
15000 yrs ago - australia was dry and barren, wih sand dunes
10000 yrs ago - australia became as it is now
- The Australian indigenous culture is recognised as the longest continuous living culture in the world
- They did modify the land but they did not alter natural richness or ecological relationships
Aboriginal Relationship: Relying on the land
Lived in small mobs within an area that could support them.
Strategies used:
- Dams within rivers to create lagoons to prosper life
- Sanctuaries
They understood both ecosystems and sustainable principles
Relationships were said to be both maternal and paternal (relationships were that of ownership and birth connectedness both spiritually and physically)
- Water was a neccessity
Aboriginal Relationship: The use of fire
Used fire by:
- clearing the land
- capturing fleeing animals
- cooking
- warmth
- light
- ceremonies
- easier mobility and communication
Cool Fire - used to burn the undergrowth and help with species regeneration
- Some areas were burnt more frequently to create habitats for animals and allow full development of an ecological cycle.
Mother Country
Everything within the landscape; culture, nature, land are all linked
Spirituality
An awareness of life and its meaning, implies living with morals
European Relationship: Exploitation of Natural Resources
- Whaling and seal hunting became more common as a food source and a form of trade through skins
- By 1820 over 100000 seals had been killed and 150000 whales had been killed
- Whaling continued up until 1978 when Cheynes closed
- Whaling became internationally banned in 1982
European Relationship: Taming the land
1800’s saw a transfer of land from the government to private owners due to failure and need for crops
- fire was the main tool for clearing land
- Timber and jarrah were used in large amounts (Building houses and railways respectively)
European Relationship: Exploration of Land
Gold discover led to extreme increase in population
1893 saw the gold rush in kalgoorlie
Natural Resource Management (NRM)
Sustainable management of australia’s natural resources; that being looking after the systems to ensure ongoing social, economic and environmental wellbeing.
NRM; Biodiversity
Julimar forest to Swan Coastal Plain wildlife corridor (Increase habitat for Black Cockatoos and Woylies)
NRM; Sustainable Agriculture
Collaborating with farming to adopt sustainable farming practices
NRM; Water
Sedimentation Taskforce
- reducing sand amounts that are washed away from construction sites into waterways
NRM; Cultural Heritage
Increasing awareness about aboriginal knowledge
NRM; Coastal and Marine
Stabilisation Planting (plants that have large and strong root systems are planting along coastlines).
