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CyberTracker: An integral management tool used by rangers in the Djelk Indigenous Protected Area, central Arnhem Land, Australia
Author(s) -
Ansell Shaun,
Koenig Jennifer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ecological management and restoration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1442-8903
pISSN - 1442-7001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00575.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , corporation , library science , geography , land management , relevance (law) , management , archaeology , political science , ecology , computer science , law , economics , biology , agriculture
The Djelk Rangers have foundCyberTracker to be an efcient,cost-effective, user-friendly andversatile data collection andmanagement tool that canempower land and sea managersto engage in local, regional andnational environmental decisionmaking. This outline of its use inthe Djelk Indigenous ProtectedArea in central Arnhem Land,Australia, shows how thisranger group have pioneeredmethodology to collectgeo-referenced data of all itsoperational activities. The datacapabilities and successful uptakeof this technology by the DjelkRangers demonstrate its potentialas a tool for other Indigenousgroups and its relevance to abroad environmental audience.