Wadandi, People of the Sea, are the Custodians for the far southwest region of this continent. With obligations to protect, manage and monitor their Sea Country, a partnership was developed between Wadandi-led project team, MMA Offshore and researchers at the University of Western Australia to provide cultural guidance in an extensive Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP) survey on Wadandi Seacountry that built on previous NESP Hub project.
The project team is developing a training program to equip rangers with in-demand seacounty skills across a range of methods to complement this hydrographic survey.
We will outline the co-design and co-delivery process and lessons learned through our partnership and present a short film documenting the project.