Boyd Wright and Martin Nipper (along with other Rangers at UKTNP) have worked together to begin to understand the impacts of climate change on plants at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

In this mini-symposium they will discuss their tjungu work –  or together work between researchers and Anangu  –  on how they set up a field experiment and gathered data to discern which species were badly affected by the 2019 extreme drought and heatwave event. They will share their results and discuss how combined western and Indigenous science perspectives have helped this study and guided future research.

Bob Godfree and Nunzio Knerr from CSIRO will also present on their complementary work on plants at UKTNP where they have been working with Martin mapping the extent of plant death across the park using 360 camera technology.

After the talks, a light lunch will be provided, followed by an open discussion that will provide the opportunity to talk about what it takes to do Right-Way science, including common issues (funding, time pressure, etc.), the mismatches between organisational priorities, barriers to collaboration, etc. 

Please register to assist with planning and catering.

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