First Nations Australians have a cultural obligation to look after land and sea Country, and Indigenous-partnered science is beginning to drive socially inclusive initiatives in conservation. The Australian Institute of Marine Science has partnered with Indigenous communities in systematically collecting monitoring data to understand the natural variability of ecological communities and better inform sea Country management. Monitoring partnerships are centred around the 2-way sharing of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, training in science and technology, and developing communication products that can be accessed across the broader community. We present a case study with the Bardi Jawi Rangers in northwest Australia focusing on a 3-year co-developed and co-delivered monitoring dataset for culturally important fish in coral reef ecosystems. We show how uncertainty estimated by Bayesian statistics can be incorporated into monitoring indicators and facilitate fuller communication between scientists and First Nations partners about the limitations of monitoring to identify change.

翻译：澳大利亚原住民在文化上有义务守护陆地和海洋领地，而与原住民合作的科学正开始推动保护领域的社会包容性举措。澳大利亚海洋科学研究所与原住民社区合作，系统收集监测数据，以了解生态群落的自然变异性，并为海洋领地管理提供更充分的依据。监测伙伴关系的核心包括：双向分享传统生态知识、科学与技术培训，以及开发可在更广泛社区中获取的沟通产品。我们以澳大利亚西北部的巴迪·贾维护林员为案例，聚焦一个为期三年的共开发、共实施的珊瑚礁生态系统中具有文化重要性的鱼类监测数据集。我们展示了如何将贝叶斯统计估算的不确定性纳入监测指标，从而促进科学家与原住民伙伴之间更全面的沟通，以理解监测在识别变化方面的局限性。