Report on the SEABORNE workshop for Darumbal

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this report may contain references of deceased persons and content which may cause distress.

This report resulted from a workshop as part of the Sustainable usE And Benefits fOR MariNE (SEABORNE) project. An Integrated Monitoring and Reporting project under the Reef Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and Great Barrier Reef Foundation (Reef Trust Partnership).

As the Traditional Owners of the Land and Sea Country, several groups oversee and manage the natural resources within the case study areas, through Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreements (TUMRAs). One focus of the SEABORNE project, and the component relevant for this workshop report, involved engaging with Reef Traditional Owners within the case study regions to ensure that:

• The database of existing information about use and benefits contains information that is useful for, and usable by, First Nations peoples in their management of Country

• The database of existing information about use and benefits contains First Nations perspectives related to connection to the reef and surrounding Sea Country such that this can be included in GBRMPA reflections on progress towards Reef 2050 goals and in day-to-day reef management decisions. We report here on engagement with participants of the Darumbal TUMRA Working Group.