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Thamarrurr Rangers receiving I-Tracker training
on a beach near Wadeye, NT.
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Training is an essential part of the I-Tracker project and
complements the on-going technical support provided to Saltwater
People Network participants by NAILSMA.
Training is delivered in structured formats—often as a
workshop for a group of Indigenous rangers and ranger
coordinators—and through practical on-the-job learning
sessions, often conducted on-country.
In the first year of the Saltwater People Network, structured
and informal workshops were conducted across the north—from
the Kimberley to Cape York—and more training opportunities
are planned for rangers in the future.
Check out the videos below to hear from some of the people who
have received I-Tracker training.
I-Tracker Training: Darwin, August 2010
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CLCAC and NAILSMA develop trial land-based application
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In April 2010, representatives from Carpentaria Land Council
Aboriginal Corporation (CLCAC), Wellesley Islands Rangers,
Normanton Rangers, and Gangalidda and Garawa Rangers and NAILSMA
met in Normanton, QLD for an intensive workshop to develop a trial
I-Tracker application for the land management activities of the
ranger groups based in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
‘Application’ is the term used to describe a set of
questions pre-programmed into CyberTracker software.
The CLCAC rangers identified key land-based activities that they
wanted to collect data about such as fire, feral animal control,
and biodiversity work. They then worked with NAILSMA to develop a
trial I-Tracker application that included questions about these
activities. The trial land data application will complement the
I-Tracker Saltwater Country Patrol application and allow the CLCAC
rangers to collect all of their spatial land and sea country
management data using a standardised method.
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Lama Lama Rangers on-track
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Micha Jackson speaks with Alison Liddy —Lama
Lama Rangers Team Leader—about
I-Tracker, the importance of looking after country, and the
development of the Lama Lama Ranger program.
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