Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves

Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves

In a recent scientific article in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management, alongside the list of scientist-authors were the Bardi Jawi and Oorany Rangers and the Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners. For the past decade, Bardi Jawi rangers and traditional owners have been working with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to study and protect […]

How Bardi Jawi Traditional Knowledge Is Reshaping Marine Conservation in Australia

For decades, the Bardi Jawi people of Western Australia’s Kimberley region have understood something scientists are only now formally confirming: their reefs and mangroves function as a single, interconnected ecosystem essential to healthy fisheries. This knowledge, passed down as part of their identity as “Saltwater People,” has now been validated in a peer-reviewed study published […] The post How Bardi Jawi Traditional Knowledge Is Reshaping …