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Indigenous ecological knowledge kept alive through new language exchange on The Atlas of Living Australia

By Emily Mason posted 22-11-2022 09:59

  
The ALA hosted by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, worked with Yugul Mangi Rangers in South-East Arnhem Land and Macquarie University on the project, adding language words in eight local languages and descriptions for 295 species to the ALA. 

ALA Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK) Program Lead Nat Raisbeck-Brown said the new Indigenous names and transcriptions would increase data accessibility and strengthen researchers’ and Australians’ connection to Traditional Owner knowledge and language. 

The Atlas of Living Australia’s Indigenous Ecological Knowledge program has been strengthening researchers’ and Australian’s connection to Traditional Owner knowledge and language by linking indigenous ecological knowledge to western science. 2,500 native plant and animal names have been added to the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) in a number of local languages and across various locations.

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