Report 55 2010 Plants for people: Case study report Louis Evans, Brian Cheers, Deb Fernando, Joan Gibbs, Peter Miller, Kado Muir, Patrick Ridley, Harry Scott, Guy Singleton, Syd Sparrow, John Briscoe with Andy Barr, Mary Barr, David Callow, Andrea Duncan, John Fox, Fifi Harris, Deeva Muir, Fay Rola-Rubzen, Christine Storer, Elena Tsvetnenko and Geoff Woodall Plants for people: Case study report Louis Evans, Brian Cheers, Deb Fernando, Joan Gibbs, Peter Miller, Kado Muir, Patrick Ridley, Harry Scott, Guy Singleton, Syd Sparrow, John Briscoe with Andy Barr, Mary Barr, David Callow, Andrea Duncan, John Fox, Fifi Harris, Deeva Muir, Fay Rola-Rubzen, Christine Storer, Elena Tsvetnenko and Geoff Woodall 2010 Contributing author information Authors Other project team members Louis Evans, Professor of Aquatic Science at Curtin University, was the Andy Barr, a retired pharmacist with expertise in Aboriginal overall Project Leader and directly responsible for the research projects medicinal plants, was a core member of the Titjikala project conducted at Titjikala and Leonora. team, participating in meetings and workshops in Perth and Titjikala and providing advice to laboratory scientists Brian Cheers, University of South Australia, provided social science conducting studies on plant extracts. expertise and was directly responsible for project activities conducted at Ceduna. Mary Barr, a retired community nurse, participated in meetings and workshops conducted in Perth and in field trips Deb Fernando was a project officer in the Ceduna study and provided at Titjikala. administrative support to the Far West Coast Aboriginal Enterprise Network. David Callow, a professional photographer with a long history of involvement with Aboriginal communities in central Joan Gibbs, University of South Australia, worked closely with Australia, took photographs during Titjikala field trips and Aboriginal communities in the Far West Coast of South Australia and actively participated in workshops and field trips conducted coordinated the field work conducted in the Ceduna project. with Titjikala community members. Peter Miller, University of South Australia, was a member of the Andrea Duncan, a Project Officer from Curtin University, Ceduna project team and participated in field trips and other project coordinated the production of posters by Leonora community activities. members and participated in other Leonora project activities. Kado Muir, CEO of the Walkatjurra Cultural Centre in Leonora, John Fox was a Professor in the then School of Environmental coordinated the involvement of the Tjupan Ngalia Aboriginal community Biology at Curtin University at the time the project was in the Leonora project and also participated in the Titjikala project, in conducted. He provided expertise in native plants and particular in the development of the IP agreement between Titjikala and revegetation procedures. DKCRC. Fifi Harris, a member of the Tjupan Ngalia Aboriginal Patrick Ridley, Curtin University, was a Project Officer in the Titjikala community in Leonora, participated in meetings and project project and participated in a number of field trips conducted at with activities at Leonora. Titjikala community members. Deeva Muir, a member of the Tjupan Ngalia Aboriginal Harry Scott, CEO of the Titjikala Community Government Council, community in Leonora, participated in meetings and project was a core member of the Titjikala project team and played a pivotal activities at Leonora. role in the formulation of the IP agreement between Titjikala and DKCRC. Fay Rola-Rubzen, Curtin University, provided business development expertise and worked with the Leonora Guy Singleton, PhD student at Curtin University, participated in project community to develop a business plan for the Walkatjurra activities at both Leonora and Titjikala and was responsible for the Cultural Centre. production of a number of videos and reports on project activities. Christine Storer, Curtin University, provided business Syd Sparrow, University of South Australia, was a member of the development expertise and worked with the Leonora Ceduna project team and participated in field trips and other project community to develop a business plan for the Walkatjurra activities. Cultural Centre. John Briscoe, an Aboriginal elder from Titjikala, provided the initial Elena Tsvetnenko, Curtin University, conducted and reported inspiration for the Plants for People project and played a central role on the proximate analysis of plant materials collected during in all project activities at Titjikala. He led the discussions on the field trips at Leonora. development of the research agreement between Titjikala and Curtin University and the IP agreement between Titjikala and DKCRC as well Geoff Woodall, University of Western Australia, coordinated as providing expert advice on plant collections and documentation of the studies on the cultivation potential of local yam species medicinal uses of selected plant species. found near Leonora. © Ninti One Limited 2010. Report Number 55 ISBN: 978 1 74158 164 8 (Online copy) ISSN: 1832 6684 Information contained in this publication may be copied or reproduced for study, research, information or educational purposes, subject to inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. Citation Evans L, Cheers B, Fernando D, Gibbs J, Miller P, Muir K, Ridley P, Scott H, Singleton G, Sparrow S and Briscoe J. 2010. Plants for people: Case study report. DKCRC Report 55. Ninti One Limited, Alice Springs. For additional information please contact Ninti One Limited Publications Officer: PO Box 3971, Alice Springs NT 0871, Australia Telephone +61 8 8959 6000 Fax +61 8 8959 6048 www.nintione.com.au The work reported in this publication was supported by funding from the Australian Government Cooperative Research Centres Program through the Desert Knowledge CRC. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Desert Knowledge CRC or its Participants. The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (2003–2010) was an unincorporated joint venture with 28 partners whose mission was to develop and disseminate an understanding of sustainable living in remote desert environments, deliver enduring regional economies and livelihoods based on Desert Knowledge, and create the networks to market this knowledge in other desert lands. Additional support for the Ceduna case study project was provided in the form of in-kind support from the University of South Australia. Additional support was provided by the Far West Coast Aboriginal Enterprise Network (FWCAN) Steering Committee; communities, businesses, organisations, and individuals participating in the FWCAN; other organisations, groups, and individuals in the Far West Coast region; the Tjutjunaku Worka Tjuta Inc. (TWT) and its Community Development Employment Program; First Australia Business; the Eyre Regional Development Board; and the Aboriginal Lands Trust (see Table 7). Their support is gratefully acknowledged. II Ninti One Limited Plants for people: Case study report Contents List of shortened forms ........................................................................................................................ ........................ V 1. Overview of the project ................................................................................................................... ......................... 1 1.1 Background to the project’s development .......................................................................... ......................... 1 1.2 Aims and objectives of the project ...................................................................................... ......................... 1 1.3 Summary of project sites and activities .............................................................................. ......................... 2 1.4 Report structure ................................................................................................................... ......................... 4 2. Case study report: Titjikala .............................................................................................................. ......................... 5 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... ......................... 5 2.2 Specific project information ................................................................................................ ......................... 5 2.3 Data collection .................................................................................................................... ......................... 6 2.4 Workshops ........................................................................................................................... ....................... 10 2.5 Links with Titjikala School, Titjikala Arts Centre and Gunya Tourism ............................. ....................... 10 2.6 Intellectual property and ethics guidelines ......................................................................... ....................... 11 2.7 Future directions ................................................................................................................. ....................... 12 3. Case study report: Leonora .............................................................................................................. ....................... 14 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................