Improving how we engage with land-connected people about geoscience

Authors / CoAuthors

Sweeney, M. | Kuoni, J. | Iffland, D. | Soroka, L. | Czarnota, K.

Abstract

<div><strong>Output Type: </strong>Exploring for the Future Extended Abstract</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Short Abstract:</strong> Under the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, Geoscience Australia staff and collaborators engaged with land-connected stakeholders that managed or had an interest in land comprising 56% of the total land mass area of Australia. From 2020 to 2023, staff planning ground-based and airborne geophysical and geological data acquisition projects consulted farmers, National Park rangers and managers, Native Title holders, cultural heritage custodians and other land-connected people to obtain land access and cultural heritage clearances for surveys proposed on over 122,000 parcels of land. Engagement did not always result in field activities proceeding. To support communication with this diverse audience, animations, comic-style factsheets, and physical models, were created to help explain field techniques. While the tools created have been useful, the most effective method of communication was found to be a combination of these tools and open two-way discussions.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Citation: </strong>Sweeney, M., Kuoni, J., Iffland, D. & Soroka, L., 2024. Improving how we engage with land-connected people about geoscience. In: Czarnota, K. (ed.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. https://doi.org/10.26186/148760</div>

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148760

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/148760

Keywords

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social licence

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AusArray

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AusLAMP

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Passive seismic

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microbit

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micro:bit

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communities

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reflection seismic

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AusAEM

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stakeholder engagement

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landholders

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engagement tools

EFTF – Exploring For The Future

Geoscience Knowledge Sharing

Environmental

Social

Governance

land access

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Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified

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Publication Date

2024-08-11T22:56:48

Creation Date

2023-11-24T18:00:00

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completed

Purpose

The paper describes the extent of land access undertaken during the Exploring for the Future Program and some of the tools that have been developed to support engagement with land-connected stakeholders as part of the Geoscience Knowledge Sharing Project.

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geoscientificInformation

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Exploring For the Future Extended Abstract

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<div>This paper follows on from the paper produced in the first phase of Exploring for the Future Program </div>

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