Community engagement research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies.
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Biosecurity engagement guidelines
Publication date: 2 March 2012
The proposed biosecurity engagement framework is to provide guidance, insights, tips and tools to conduct effective community engagement for biosecurity purposes. This includes creating an enabling environment for biosecurity engagement (through the proposed national action plan) and providing principles, tips and tools to engagement practitioners operating in a regional and local context (best recommended practice, tools and mechanisms documents).
A basis for a national action plan for biosecurity engagement ('big picture' focus)
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| Document | Pages | File size |
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Biosecurity engagement: Proposed national action plan for community involvement in plant biosecurity PDF  | 69 | 4.1 MB |
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Best recommended practices (regional and local focus)
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Tools and mechanisms
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Other documents of interest
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| Document | Pages | File size |
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| Engaging in Biosecurity: Literature review of Community Engagement Approaches PDF | 36 | 0.3 MB |
| Engaging in Biosecurity: Gap analysis PDF | 44 | 0.3 MB |
| Volunteer monitoring in biosecurity: An issues paper (Research Report 12.9) PDF | 32 | 1.3 MB |
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Community involvement in recreational fisheries data collection: opportunities and challenges (Technical Report 11.5)
Publication date: 2 September 2011
Recreational fisheries information, especially catch and fishing effort data are required to support sustainable management of marine ecosystems. Information about the changing condition and use of recreational fisheries is incomplete, with many gaps in coverage through space and time. Comprehensive statistics are difficult to obtain due to seasonality of recreational fishing effort and variety of species caught. The high cost of traditional survey methods provides an incentive to explore alternative data collection strategies.
Community monitoring provides an alternative and potentially cost-effective way of extending recreational fisheries data collection while raising community awareness about the health of fisheries and marine ecosystems. This study focuses on opportunities and challenges involved in community monitoring.
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| Document | Pages | File size |
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| Community involvement in recreational fisheries data collection: opportunities and challenges - Report PDF | 15 | 0.8 MB |
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