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1. Reducing feral camel impacts across remote
Australia:
Australian Feral Camel Management Project
21st November 2013, Parliament House Theatre, Canberra

2. Session One: From Science to Solution
Speakers:
Tom Calma, AO – Chair Ninti One
Glenn Edwards – Northern Territory Government
Quentin Hart – Ninti One, Australian Feral Camel Management
Project
Roger Smith – Chair Australian Feral Camel Management Project
Steering Committee

3. Ninti One and its involvement in the AFCMP
Dr Tom Calma, AO
Chair, Ninti One and CRC-REP

4. Ninti One

5. Ninti One
Vision
Resilient remote
communities and
businesses that
enrich Australia
through their
vigour, cultural
integrity, ability
to innovate and
sustainable use
of resources

6. Our Expertise
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge and its uses
Enterprise development and entrepreneurialism
Function and sustainability of communities
Governance in remote regions
IP management
Natural resource management and land issues
Remote Education
Remote service delivery
Remote tourism
Partnerships and ways to add value through them
Social and economic systems.

7. Involvement in the feral camel issue
2005-2008
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Desert Knowledge CRC project
Aimed to develop national management framework to reverse
population growth and resultant impacts
The resultant research project provided the information base to guide
future management

8. DKCRC 2008 report
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The 2008 DKCRC feral camel report provided the Australian
Government with the evidence to establish a long-term density target
for feral camels: <0.1 per sq km

9. The AFCMP
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The AFCMP was established as the first step in achieving the <0.1
density target a nominated biodiversity refuges
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Project funded in 2010 over 4 years
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Partnership led by Ninti One involved 20 organisations.

10. The AFCMP
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Ninti One established a comprehensive governance structure and subcontracted parts of the project to government agencies, NGOs and
commercial enterprises.
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Ninti One staff and Steering Committee Chair brought extensive
experience in NRM, industry development, landholder liaison and pest
animal management.

11. The AFCMP
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Ninti One was able to draw on its Aboriginal Community Researcher
network to survey Aboriginal communities about their views.
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Project created training and employment opportunities in remote
Aboriginal communities.

12. The future
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Valuable collaborations established and enhanced through AFCMP –
will benefit ongoing large feral herbivore management and other NRM
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Ninti One will seek to support these collaborations to see if they can be
applied to a range of landscape-level challenges into the future

14. www.nintione.com.au