Emilie Ens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3798381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emilie Ens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emilie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ens |
| SIGNATURE | ENS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7732-5063 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Wanim skil en topic yumob leigim?’
Higher education is globally recognised as an enabler of social justice and community development. Remote Australian Aboriginal students are underrepresented in higher education, and there has been little research into the skill and topic interests of this group. To address this knowledge gap and inform curricula development of the recently established community-led Wuyagiba and Garrthalala Bush Universities, we surveyed the skill and topic inter…
‘Burning Love’, Living Ngurra
‘Burning Love’ is not just the title of a song sung by Elvis Presley. It is a metaphor for the traditional custodial practice of using cool guwiyang (fire) to care for the environment by Indigenous peoples across the continent called ‘Australia’ for more than 65,000 years. As such it is not only a practice for maintaining Ngurra (Country), but it involves intimate relationality with specific presences, places, and people. As such it involves love…
Carbon and corms
Carbon and biodiversity offset markets have been proposed to finance management solutions for introduced ungulates across northern Australian coastal wetlands. However, few studies have quantified how ungulate removal may affect ecosystem services important to local Indigenous communities, especially considering coincident saltwater intrusion. Using a mixed‐method, two‐eyed seeing approach, we deployed Yolŋu Knowledge and Western scientific asses…
Indigenising the Australian University science curriculum
Responding to the 2017 Universities Australia Indigenous Strategy, which aims for more inclusive educational practice, this study used a mixed methods including Indigenous standpoint and Yarran framework to investigate the inclusion of Indigenous science in Australian University curricula. In 2022, we found a total of 72 Indigenous science units taught across 23 of Australia’s 38 universities. Notably, 31 Indigenous science units were taught in t…
Araucaria bidwillii genomics suggest Indigenous Peoples broadened translocation practices in response to settler colonialism
Retracing past anthropogenic dispersal of culturally important taxa offers insights to the biogeographic history of species, as well as the history of the people who interacted with them. Bunya Pine ( Araucaria bidwillii Hook.) is a culturally and spiritually significant conifer tree for several Indigenous groups in eastern Australia. Sharing the edible nuts and attending Bunya gatherings is an important way for these groups to maintain their cul…
Not All Edible Nuts Are Eaten
Globally, there is increasing evidence that Indigenous peoples have manipulated plant and animal populations over millennia. The Bunya Pine ( Araucaria bidwillii Hook.) is a coniferous tree native to subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, which produces 30-100 large, edible seeds within a large cone weighing 5-10 kgs. Endemic Bunya populations occur as two disjunct populations: one in south-eastern Queensland/north-east New South Wales and t…
Cross-Cultural Monitoring of a Cultural Keystone Species Informs Revival of Indigenous Burning of Country in South-Eastern Australia
Building partnerships for linking biomedical science with traditional knowledge of customary medicines
BackgroundCustomary medicine of Australia's Indigenous peoples draws upon knowledge developed through millennia of interaction with Australia's unique flora and fauna. Many Indigenous Australians are interested in developing modern medicinal and commercial translations of traditional knowledge; however, barriers of trust and benefit sharing often thwart progress.MethodsUsing a participatory action research framework, university researchers collab…
Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness
As partnerships between Indigenous peoples and conservation practitioners mature, new methods are being sought to assess their effectiveness. The increasing diversity of income sources mobilised by Indigenous land and sea managers in Australia is intensifying the pressures on them to demonstrate their 'effectiveness' through a range of frameworks, tools and criteria. In this review, we use Indigenous land and sea management in Australia as a lens…
Indigenous biocultural knowledge in ecosystem science and management
Monitoring outcomes of environmental service provision in low socio-economic indigenous Australia using innovative CyberTracker Technology
Payments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly promoted as an economic mechanism that could potentially address socio-economic and environmental conservation objectives in developing regions. However, the reporting and conditionality requirements of PES projects can be inhibitory, particularly for people with low environmental monitoring or administration capacity. Here, I provide five case studies where Indigenous Land and Sea Manage…
Building partnerships for linking biomedical science with traditional knowledge of customary medicines
BackgroundCustomary medicine of Australia's Indigenous peoples draws upon knowledge developed through millennia of interaction with Australia's unique flora and fauna. Many Indigenous Australians are interested in developing modern medicinal and commercial translations of traditional knowledge; however, barriers of trust and benefit sharing often thwart progress.MethodsUsing a participatory action research framework, university researchers collab…
Not All Edible Nuts Are Eaten
Globally, there is increasing evidence that Indigenous peoples have manipulated plant and animal populations over millennia. The Bunya Pine ( Araucaria bidwillii Hook.) is a coniferous tree native to subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, which produces 30-100 large, edible seeds within a large cone weighing 5-10 kgs. Endemic Bunya populations occur as two disjunct populations: one in south-eastern Queensland/north-east New South Wales and t…
Monitoring outcomes of environmental service provision in low socio-economic indigenous Australia using innovative CyberTracker Technology
Payments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly promoted as an economic mechanism that could potentially address socio-economic and environmental conservation objectives in developing regions. However, the reporting and conditionality requirements of PES projects can be inhibitory, particularly for people with low environmental monitoring or administration capacity. Here, I provide five case studies where Indigenous Land and Sea Manage…
Indigenous biocultural knowledge in ecosystem science and management
Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness
As partnerships between Indigenous peoples and conservation practitioners mature, new methods are being sought to assess their effectiveness. The increasing diversity of income sources mobilised by Indigenous land and sea managers in Australia is intensifying the pressures on them to demonstrate their 'effectiveness' through a range of frameworks, tools and criteria. In this review, we use Indigenous land and sea management in Australia as a lens…
Cross-Cultural Monitoring of a Cultural Keystone Species Informs Revival of Indigenous Burning of Country in South-Eastern Australia
Building partnerships for linking biomedical science with traditional knowledge of customary medicines
BackgroundCustomary medicine of Australia's Indigenous peoples draws upon knowledge developed through millennia of interaction with Australia's unique flora and fauna. Many Indigenous Australians are interested in developing modern medicinal and commercial translations of traditional knowledge; however, barriers of trust and benefit sharing often thwart progress.MethodsUsing a participatory action research framework, university researchers collab…
Araucaria bidwillii genomics suggest Indigenous Peoples broadened translocation practices in response to settler colonialism
Retracing past anthropogenic dispersal of culturally important taxa offers insights to the biogeographic history of species, as well as the history of the people who interacted with them. Bunya Pine ( Araucaria bidwillii Hook.) is a culturally and spiritually significant conifer tree for several Indigenous groups in eastern Australia. Sharing the edible nuts and attending Bunya gatherings is an important way for these groups to maintain their cul…
Not All Edible Nuts Are Eaten
Globally, there is increasing evidence that Indigenous peoples have manipulated plant and animal populations over millennia. The Bunya Pine ( Araucaria bidwillii Hook.) is a coniferous tree native to subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, which produces 30-100 large, edible seeds within a large cone weighing 5-10 kgs. Endemic Bunya populations occur as two disjunct populations: one in south-eastern Queensland/north-east New South Wales and t…
‘Wanim skil en topic yumob leigim?’
Higher education is globally recognised as an enabler of social justice and community development. Remote Australian Aboriginal students are underrepresented in higher education, and there has been little research into the skill and topic interests of this group. To address this knowledge gap and inform curricula development of the recently established community-led Wuyagiba and Garrthalala Bush Universities, we surveyed the skill and topic inter…
‘Burning Love’, Living Ngurra
‘Burning Love’ is not just the title of a song sung by Elvis Presley. It is a metaphor for the traditional custodial practice of using cool guwiyang (fire) to care for the environment by Indigenous peoples across the continent called ‘Australia’ for more than 65,000 years. As such it is not only a practice for maintaining Ngurra (Country), but it involves intimate relationality with specific presences, places, and people. As such it involves love…
Carbon and corms
Carbon and biodiversity offset markets have been proposed to finance management solutions for introduced ungulates across northern Australian coastal wetlands. However, few studies have quantified how ungulate removal may affect ecosystem services important to local Indigenous communities, especially considering coincident saltwater intrusion. Using a mixed‐method, two‐eyed seeing approach, we deployed Yolŋu Knowledge and Western scientific asses…
Indigenising the Australian University science curriculum
Responding to the 2017 Universities Australia Indigenous Strategy, which aims for more inclusive educational practice, this study used a mixed methods including Indigenous standpoint and Yarran framework to investigate the inclusion of Indigenous science in Australian University curricula. In 2022, we found a total of 72 Indigenous science units taught across 23 of Australia’s 38 universities. Notably, 31 Indigenous science units were taught in t…
Indigenous (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Traditional knowledge (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Business (3 works)