Indigenous and local innovation

Responsible Innovating in and for the Global South

Responsible Innovating in and for the Global South if we cannot ethically innovate for or with populations in the Global South, how can we best develop solutions to these problems in a responsible and relevant way? António Guterres UN Secretary-General Background Increasingly, UN agencies and other NGOs are leveraging emerging technologies – like AI and […]

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Enabling indigenous innovations to solve the Australian bushfire crisis

Enabling Indigenous Innovations to Solve the Australian Bushfire Crisis For thousands of years, the Aboriginal people of Australia systematically managed land and fire. Our question is how can we combine traditional practices with modern technological tools to make Australian land resilient. (Joseph Lycett – National Library of Australia) We should adapt to the Aboriginal way of managing

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Making it easy and meaningful for people to volunteer for nature

Making It Easy and Meaningful for People to Volunteer for Nature In this project we explore opportunities and concerns of designing a nation-wide and/or statewide environmental volunteer platforms ” Traditional data sources are not sufficient for measuring the SDGs. New and non-traditional sources of data are required. ” Steffen Fritz and colleagues Background Volunteers are

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Enabling Traditional Owners to play a lead role in water policymaking

Enabling Traditional Owners to play a lead role in water policymaking In this project we explore how new technologies can enable Traditional Owners to take a lead in the discussion around the future of water policymaking in Fitzroy River basin. ” Management of Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) catchment is at a crossroads, with diverse and conflicting

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