Sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities are an important source of economic development and employment whilst providing people with opportunities to continue their close connection with country and maintain customary wildlife harvesting practices. Critical to the success of wildlife enterprises is recognition of the importance of both Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science in their design and implementation.

This seminar analyses the Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science underpinning the northern long-necked turtle and fledgling tarantula spider industries that have been established by the Djelk Rangers in Maningrida. The seminar addresses issues of complementarity and conflict across both knowledge systems. The seminar also examines the intercultural and intergenerational transmission of Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science, both on country and through formal education and training institutions..