CNRM — Fiona J Walsh

Competency in camping for safe field work. AWC staff and CLC staff and rangers overnight at Jakamarra hill north-east of Nyirrpi in 2016.

Land management requires far-ranging travel and navigation using local knowledge, maps and other media. Here, a trip to Lapi-lapi with traditional owners and AWC managers in 2016.

Veronica Dobson and Fiona discuss Iwepe (Processionary caterpillar bag) an exceptional bush medicine (Dave Richards 2011).

Pipijali (Bush carrot, Caladrinia balonensis) is a cryptic bush food that women value. Increasingly, land management accounts for diverse bush food species.

Relatedness between all things or 'Anpernerrentye' portrays one Arrernte worldview. Interpretations are shared in papers and a film by Veronica Dobson, Josie Douglas and Fiona.

Tensions between wildfire, customary burning and ranger burning intensify with land management issues under global warming conditions (Erica Sanderson 2011).

Innovative visual activities helped in the 10-year review of the CLC Ranger program. The cards representing people are ordered by a ranger to indicate who benefits most from his work (CLC 2017).

Powerful statements about their priorities are aired by local people at bush food workshops; CLC staff person Jude Prichard initiated this method linking person to statement (Arlparre 2018).

Ethno-Ecology – Fiona offers research into the relations between People, Culture, Country, Jukurrpa

Ethnography – hear local people then accurately record their opinions, knowledge and stories
Field work and country visits – observe, listen and record in ecological contexts
Collaboration – with key local people, linguists, ecologists and other specialists
Qualitative and quantitative research for applied purposes
Desktop research – systematic survey for secondary data
Return of findings to local people to support and revitalise knowledge and practices
Reports and summary presentations
Link to Topics and sub-disciplines that Fiona works in