NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Project 4.3 focuses on collating and analyzing Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) regarding threatened and migratory whales and dolphins. The Indigenous-led project aims to share cultural knowledge of relationships with these species and connections between land, sea, and sky. Outputs include a GIS visualization package and a final project report.
Use Cases
- Supporting cultural governance of sea Country based on Indigenous ecological knowledge
- Informing policymaking for resource use and conservation based on cultural perspectives
- Visualizing connections between land and sea for cultural keystone species using GIS layers
- Analyzing Indigenous knowledge to aid in the protection and recovery of EPBC listed species
Strengths
- Project is Indigenous-led, focusing on a historically underrepresented perspective
- Outputs include a GIS visualization package, suggesting spatial analysis capabilities
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Research project involving Indigenous community participation
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-29 00:57:30.061590