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Mandingalbay Yidinji IPA Planning

Learn about the Mandingalbay Yidinji Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) and their efforts in protecting and managing their native title country. Explore their cultural and environmental values, traditional resource use, cultural heritage management, research and monitoring, and natural resource management.

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Mandingalbay Yidinji IPA Planning

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  1. Mandingalbay Yidinji IPA Planning Dale Mundraby Mandingalbay Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation

  2. Mandingalbay Yidinji Country

  3. Native Title

  4. Proposed Mandingalbay Yidinji IPA National Park (ILUA) Environmental Reserve (Freehold) Marine Park, (Exclusive Native Title)

  5. Tenures within the MY IPA • Grey peaks National Park (ILUA) • Gaingurra Reserve (ILUA) • East Trinity Reserve (Freehold) • Exclusive Native Title (mangrove) • Fish Habitat Area (Trinity Inlet) • Marine Park (Trinity Inlet)

  6. Our IPA Journey • 2002: Native Title claim lodged • 2006: Native Title determination • 2006: ILUAs with Qld Dept of Environment and Resource Management (DERM), Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA), Cairns Regional Council, Telstra and Ergon Energy. • 2009 Strategic Plan for Mandingalbay Yidinji Country • 2010 Djunbunji Land and Sea Program • 2011 MOU with DERM and Qld Fisheries • 2011 IPA dedicated/declared?

  7. MY IPA Partners • Mandingalbay Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation (Native Title holders) • Djunbunji Land and Sea Program (Rangers) • Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) • Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA) • Queensland Fisheries • Cairns Regional Council • Telstra & Ergon • IPA Program • Southern Cross University • Biosecurity Queensland

  8. Governance and Management • Governance: Mandingalbay Yidinji Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (MYSPIC) • Management tools: • Partnerships • Rangers • Native title • Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) • Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) • Other agreements in future?

  9. Draft IPA Management Plan

  10. QUESTIONS?

  11. Djunbunji Land and Sea Program Role of Djunbunji: • Collaborate with partner agencies • Train and employ our Rangers • Implement land and sea management agreements and plans • Support Elders & young people to access and learn about Country • Provide contract land and sea management services • Support cultural tourism enterprises on Country Djunbunji workforce: Executive Officer Liaison Officer Land and Sea Coordinator Cultural Heritage Ranger & 4 Rangers

  12. Values of Country Cultural Values • Holisticland and sea cultural landscape • Sacred sites and Dreaming tracks • Many totemic animal and plant species • Country provides food and other important resources • Scenic landscape is iconic backdrop to Cairns

  13. Values of Country Environmental Values • World Heritage listed • Vine forest, sclerophyll forest, mangroves, seagrass • 8 “endangered” ecosystems • 17 “of concern” regional ecosystems

  14. Values of Country Plants and Animals • 479 plants species • 17 “of concern” • 6 “vulnerable” • 220 animal species • 18 “of concern” • 5 mammals • 105 fish • 7 amphibians • 17 reptiles • 82 birds (17 migratory species)

  15. Cultural Heritage Management Cultural Site Mapping • Some archaeological surveys were done 20 years ago, but many of our important sacred sites, camping places, middens etc. remain undocumented. We will: • Collect all published information • Undertake cultural site mapping • Protect & interpret cultural sites • Develop secure information storage

  16. Cultural Heritage Management Traditional Knowledge • Our Elders hold important cultural knowledge about how to properly use and manage our Country. We will: • Record Elders’ knowledge • Apply knowledge to management • Educate our children • Share our knowledge

  17. Traditional Resource Use Using our traditional resources keeps our people healthy and our culture strongWe will: • Use our animal and plant resources sustainably • Monitor our use of dugong & turtle • Develop agreements to share our resources • Participate in management of our fish resources • Use our Law and Elders’ knowledge to guide our use of resources • Educate our young people on wise use of our resources

  18. Research and Monitoring We want to work with researchers to better understand and manage our Country We will: • Develop protocols for collaborating with researchers, including: • Protection of our knowledge • Training and employment • Sharing research findings • Negotiate Research Agreements with research institutions • Develop a Research Strategy that sets out our research priorities

  19. Our research priorities • Collaboration with Southern Cross University on monitoring East Trinity Reserve remediation • Collaboration with Charles Darwin University on a Community Wellbeing baseline study • Complete environmental baseline study • Tourism research?

  20. Natural Resource Management Managing natural resources is an essential part of caring for Country and Culture Our natural resources include: • The water that flows from the mountain streams to the inlet and the sea • All the plants and animals that live on our land and sea country • The rocks, the soil, the sand and the mud that are the foundations of country

  21. Natural Resource Management With our partner agencies we will: • Monitor water quality across IPA • Control priority weeds in East Trinityand other disturbed areas • Continue remediation of acid sulphate in East Trinity Reserve • Control feral animals, especially pigs, deer, horses, fire ants, cats, dogs and Asian Honey Bees • Develop & implement fire strategy

  22. Welcoming Visitors We welcome visitors who wish to enjoy and learn about our Country and CultureWith our partner agencies we will: • Develop a Visitors Code of Conduct • Establish walking tracks in selected locations • Provide visitor information • Install appropriate signage • Develop visitor services: • Eco-cultural tours • Cultural education • Camping facilities

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