Iningai Aboriginal Community workshop

Phurpa Wangchuk (Lecturer)
Title

Iningai Aboriginal Community workshop

Activity Type

Collaboration on community project

Other - Specify

N/A

Organization Name

Iningai Aboriginal Corporation

Organization Type

Community Organisation

Date

0001 - 0001

Role

FACILITATOR_CHAIR

Other - Specify

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.