Iningai Aboriginal Community workshop
Phurpa Wangchuk
(Lecturer)
Title
Iningai Aboriginal Community workshop
Activity Type
Collaboration on community project
N/A
Organization Name
Iningai Aboriginal Corporation
Organization Type
Community Organisation
Date
0001 - 0001
Role
FACILITATOR_CHAIR
N/A
Description
This workshop is held every year to support, build, and empower the Iningai Aboriginal community. A community development support fee ($100K, i.e 20K/year) is also provided for i) annual researcher-community meetings to discuss bicultural knowledge and biodiscovery potential, ii) paying traditional owner fees as compensation for attending workshops/meetings, and iii) legal advice fee for negotiating benefit sharing agreements as per the Queensland Biodiscovery Act. field assistants are recruited from the community and trained in the documentation and protection of their knowledge.