Personal
Micha Jackson was born and grew up near Toronto in central
southern Canada. She was bitten by the travel bug early in life and
has spent time living in the USA, the UK, Oman, Australia and
Palau. Her passion remains the marine environment and
community-based management.
Professional
Micha completed a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and
Government at Lawrence University. During her studies she spent
time in the Caribbean, Europe and China. She has since done work
exploring Indigenous and community-based management in coastal
regions including in Oman, the UAE, Australia and Palau.
Project
Micha Jackson joined NAILSMA in March 2009 as the Project
Development Officer for I-Tracker. “I-Tracker”, short
for Indigenous Tracker, is a project that is helping Indigenous
Land and Sea Managers to collect and manage information about
country across remote north Australia. Utilising the renowned
CyberTracker software, I-Tracker provides Indigenous Rangers with
field-tough handheld touch screen computers that are a
user-friendly, culturally appropriate way to collect important
information about natural and cultural resources.
If you would like to learn more about I-Tracker, please visit the
I-Tracker page.
