Karl Hampton: 'Aboriginal community views on feral camel impacts and management'. Reducing...

Reducing feral camel impacts across remote Australia:

Australian Feral Camel Management Project

21st November 2013, Parliament House Theatre, Canberra

Session Three: Achievements and Outcomes Speakers: Mark Lethbridge, Ecoknowledge Jayne Brim Box, Northern Territory Government Sam Rando, Central Land Council Karl Hampton, Ninti One Lyndee Severin, Curtin Springs Station Jan Ferguson, Ninti One

Aboriginal community views on feral camel impacts and management Karl Hampton

Aboriginal community members views on feral camels

• Community views on feral camels collected in the NT 1988, 1995, 2007

• AFCMP Survey instrument informed by previous work

• Ninti One Aboriginal Community Researcher network

Amata

Lajamanu

Mimili

Galiwinku

Imanpa

Mutitjulu

Yirrkala

Docker River

Ntaria

Papunya

Ltyentye Apurte

Kiwirrkurra Pukatja

Yuendumu

Darwin

Cosmo

Halls Creek

Aboriginal community surveys

7 9

10 2

1 9

3 4

5 1

3 13

1 16

1 22

5 15

5 7

1 21

13 12

14 1 1

13 2

6 3

1 6

1 11

2 2

1 1 1 1

3

Amata Apatula

Areyonga Balgo

Bililluna Docker River

Ernabella Haasts Bluff

Indulkana Jigalong

Kalka Kintore

Kiwirrkurra Lajamanu Laramba

Ltyentye Apurte Mt Liebig Mutitjulu

Mimili Papunya

Nyirrpi Ntaria

Parnngurr Punmu

Titjikala Tjuntjuntjara

Walalkara Warakurna

Walkabout Bore Warburton

Willowra Yuendumu

Yuelamu Coober Pedy

Atitjere Harts Range

Wallace Rockhole Mbungara

Archie Creek Umuwa Fregon

Pipalytjara

Total respondents • 222 individuals surveyed by Ninti One Aboriginal Community Researchers

• Conducted by Aboriginal

people in language using iPads

17

31

37

7

5

47

16

22

14

58

32

28

4

9

0 20 40 60 80

Central Arrernte

Western Arrernte

Eastern/Southern Arrernte

Anmatjere

Alyawarre

Luritja

Martu

Ngaannyatjara

Pintupi

Pitjatjantjara

Warlpiri

Yanykuntjara

None

Other

What Aboriginal language do you speak?

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

less than 6 months

6-12 months

1 year

1-2 years

2-4 years

4 years or longer

Never

Other

How long have Feral/Wild camels been coming near your community?

Where are the impacts?

72

158 150

86 68

29

3 0

20 40 60 80

100 120 140 160 180

What are the impacts?

15

35 22

28

69

8

92

107

80 90

117

42

9

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Future management

44 51

57 68

15

53

39

95

43

98

0 4 0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Future management

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