Australia cannot restore what it cannot seed. Building a restoration economy requires investment in the people, knowledge, infrastructure and cultural authority that make restoration possible.   ·   Australia cannot restore what it cannot seed. Building a restoration economy requires investment in the people, knowledge, infrastructure and cultural authority that make restoration possible.   ·Australia cannot restore what it cannot seed. Building a restoration economy requires investment in the people, knowledge, infrastructure and cultural authority that make restoration possible.   ·   Australia cannot restore what it cannot seed. Building a restoration economy requires investment in the people, knowledge, infrastructure and cultural authority that make restoration possible.   ·
SeedKeepers
Bush Maps§ Ecological Mapping

Every seed tells a story about a landscape.

Bush Maps help Indigenous communities identify and communicate the species, sites, cultural landscapes and restoration priorities that sit within their Country.

By combining ecological knowledge, cultural information and spatial tools, communities can make more informed decisions about how seed is collected, stored, and returned to Country — and tell the story of that Country to the partners they choose to share it with. www.bushmaps.com.au

Bush Foods & Botanicals of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands — illustrated knowledge chart

Mapping seed collection — turning Country into shared, governed knowledge.

§ What Bush Maps Surface

Layers of knowledge — held together under cultural authority.

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Seed collection zones

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Cultural plant species

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Bush food species

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Traditional medicines

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Ecosystems and habitats

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Restoration priorities

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Ranger activities

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Monitoring sites

Field collection app — recording data on Country

§ How Communities Use Bush Maps

Planning, education, funding and engagement — built on the community’s own knowledge.

  • Planning

    Seed collection, restoration and ranger activity calendars.

  • Education

    Schools, on-Country trips and intergenerational knowledge transfer.

  • Funding applications

    Grounded, spatial evidence for grants and investment.

  • Community engagement

    Telling the story of Country in the community's own terms.

§ Cultural Authority

Bush Maps remain under the control of Traditional Owners. Decisions about what is mapped, shared and restricted rest with the community whose Country it is.

Read our position on data governance

§ Bush Maps

If your community is mapping Country, we’d like to support that work.

Talk to us about Bush Maps

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