Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00432:reg:2:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00432
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 18041–20300

2100 full-time, part-time and casual Indigenous rangers, many of whose country is (or was) home to bilbies. The plan includes the actions and strategies that rangers and their communities identified as important for keeping country healthy for both bilbies and people and for maintaining knowledge and culture.
A two-way science approach – where both Indigenous and western scientific knowledge are equally valued – used in developing this plan promoted knowledge exchange between the hundreds of people involved in bilby conservation, research, and land and healthy country management. The plan harvested and collated the information, ideas, and priorities of those who have participated in the Greater Bilby National Recovery Team and its sub-committees, Indigenous rangers forums and workshops, the Ninu Festival, the National Greater Bilby Summit, and numerous other bilby-specific fora during the period within which the plan was developed. The willingness to share the results of these discussions characterises the spirit of collaboration that this plan intends to promote.
Since this plan was drafted, a number of Indigenous groups involved in bilby conservation have formed, whom have not been involved in the preparation of this plan and some existing groups, who were similarly not involved. It is expected further engagement of Indigenous groups in the conservation of the bilby will occur on a site by site basis, including in Qld. Because of this, the partners lists in the plan should be considered an incomplete list of Indigenous groups that could be involved in the future.
Box 1 Two-way science

A good way to define two-way science (also known as right-way or cross-cultural science) is through the Western Desert principle of ngaparrtji ngaparrtji (pronounced nap-art-jee nap-art-jee) meaning 'give and take', 'in return' or 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'. For Martu, ngaparrtji ngaparrtji science is an exchange of knowledge and a chance to learn based on mutual respect, responsibility and connectedness. It is a collaborative approach based on recognition of the value that each group brings to a project and when all groups have a shared interest in the outcomes (draft Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara IPA Two-way Science Plan).