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Our Knowledge, Our Way

Our Knowledge Our Way in caring for Country: Indigenous-led approaches to strengthening and sharing our knowledge for land and sea management.

Sharing the knowledge for caring for our Land ©  Emma Burchill

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Indigenous-led approaches to strengthening and sharing our knowledge for land and sea management.

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Principles

CSIRO has developed four core principles that will guide our research and engagements with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, communities and organisations.

Read about the ICIP Principles

Indigenous seasonal calendars

Indigenous science

Documenting and presenting seasonal understanding of Country

Indigenous language groups from across Australia have partnered with CSIRO to co-develop seasonal calendars.

Sharing Indigenous seasonal knowledge

Our research and partnerships

Indigenous knowledge

We are working with Indigenous collaborators to support the strengthening of Indigenous knowledge and knowledge systems so we are all able to weave and share knowledge in ways that recognise the integrity, validity and context of each different knowledge system.

Managing Country

We are partnering with Indigenous land and sea managers to develop tools and methods to support them to do their business, address risk and change, plan and manage Country to create environmental, social, cultural and economic benefits.

Indigenous enterprise

Our work with Indigenous partners is developing technologies, methods and information to support Indigenous-led entrepreneurship, new industries, sustainable land, water and sea Country-based enterprises and successful enterprise models.

Indigenous health

We are partnering with Indigenous organisations and communities to co-design and co-develop potential e-Health solutions to complement existing successful models of care for some of the most significant health issues in their communities.

Indigenous careers

To deliver on our commitment to build respectful partnerships with Indigenous Australia, we aim to engage, retain and train highly skilled and capable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in all areas of our science, research and support services.

Indigenous ecological knowledge

In partnership with Indigenous communities working on country, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is exploring the role of information management platforms in bridging the boundaries between traditional and contemporary Indigenous knowledge and western science.

Find out more

Indigenous science publications and data

CSIRO Data Access Portal

Access research data, software and other digital assets across a range of disciplines.

Indigenous science publications

Access CSIRO's research publications across a range of disciplines.

Indigenous Collaboration and Partnerships Report 2023-24

The Indigenous Collaboration and Partnerships Report reflects on our commitment to reconciliation and collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, emphasising the integration of Indigenous knowledge and science to address national challenges and opportunities.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan

CSIRO's Reconciliation Action Plan

CSIRO’s Reconciliation Action Plan outlines the actions we will take to improve the awareness and understanding of the culture, customs, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Read more about our RAP

Indigenous science news