• Emma Woodward has worked for CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences in Darwin since 2005.

With a background in the environmental and social sciences she was part of the team that worked on the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK) research project entitled ‘Indigenous socio-economic values and river flows’. This project works closely with Aboriginal communities in northern WA and the NT to determine Indigenous values and interests in two tropical river catchments. Her role included documenting Indigenous connection and attachment to rivers and wetlands including social histories of water use, seasonal knowledge and ecological indicators of change in the environment. She has strong interests in the interaction between local communities and natural resources, within both indigenous and non-indigenous contexts. In particular her interests lie in the values and connections that people attribute to shared ‘environmental’ spaces, from urban wetlands to northern tropical rivers. Emma’s post graduate studies have built a strong interest in Indigenous community-based land and sea management and the policies, programs and networks that facilitate this involvement. She has also contributed to preliminary assessments to determine the potential impacts of climate change, and in particular sea level rise, on northern coastal communities.