Batchelor Institute logo
Acknowledgement of country

Batchelor Institute would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereign people of the lands on which our campuses are located. As we share our knowledge, teaching and learning and engage in research practices within this Institution and/or conduct business with a variety of external agencies and organisations, we must always pay respect to the sovereign status of our hosts. May their Ancestors always be remembered and honoured, their Elders listened to and respected, all members treated with dignity and fairness — in the present and well into the future.

We also acknowledge and pay respect to the knowledge embedded forever with our hosts, custodianship of country and the binding relationship they have with the land. Batchelor Institute extends this acknowledgment and expression of respect to all sovereign custodians — past, present and emerging. By expressing Acknowledgement of Country we encourage all to extend and practice respect to all First Nations people wherever their lands are located.

Please read this important information
It is a condition of use of the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education website that users ensure that any disclosure of the information contained in the website is consistent with the views and sensitivities of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This includes:
Language
Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions which may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Terms and annotations, which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, may be considered inappropriate today in some circumstances.
Deceased persons
Users of the website should be aware that, in some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, seeing images of deceased persons in photographs, film and books or hearing them in recordings may cause sadness or distress and in some cases, offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions.
Access conditions
Materials included in this website may be subject to access conditions imposed by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. Users are advised that access to some materials may be subject to these terms and conditions which the Institute is required to maintain
Application details
Position No.

.pdf, .doc, .docx maxiumum file size 8mb

Thank you for your application

Our Batchelor Institute team will get back to you shortly.

Inter-Library loan form
4 characters left

Item

Single article/chapter

Single article/chapter

I hereby request you to make and supply me with a copy of the article or extract listed on this application, which I require for the purpose of research or study. I have not previously been supplied with a copy of the said article or extract by a librarian. I have undertaken that is a copy is supplied to me, I will not use it except for the purposes of research or study.

Thank you for your application

Our Batchelor Institute team will get back to you shortly.

Send your enquiry and a Batchelor team member will get back to you shortly
Thank you for contacting us

Our Batchelor Institute team will get back to you shortly.

Search
Army Indigenous Trainees Tackle Mimosa Threat
Home Army Indigenous Trainees Tackle Mimosa Threat
08 November 2016
3 minute read
AIDP Trainees, mentors and TNRM staff on a field trip to Djukbinj National Park n the Arnhem Highway

Trainees from the Army Indigenous Development Program (AIDP) have been lending a hand to the Territory Natural Resource Management (TNRM) bio control project to reduce the damaging effects of the Mimosa weed.

The Mimosa pigra (Mimosa) is a declared Class A and Class C weed and now occupies approximately 140,000 hectares of floodplains across 15 catchments in the NT. About 10% of the Territory’s wetlands have already been impacted by Mimosa and it has the potential to spread right across northern Australia, with the total area at risk estimated to be up to 4,600,000 hectares.

This bio control project has been running since 1989 as a part of a long term plan to manage and reduce the damaging effects of this species.

The latest agent to join the fight against this weed is the Mimosa Flea Beetle (Nesaecrepida infuscate). Although army trainees may learn to operate all different kinds of firearms, this little beetle is probably the tiniest weapon they will have to handle.

The project offered an opportunity for the AIDP trainees to improve their maths, navigation skills and to learn more about environmental management. After participating in a number of field trips, trainees were able to release insects and monitor the areas to determine the progress from previous visits. The AIDP is run in partnership between Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education and the Australian Army.

It offers safe middle-ground training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to learn and adjust to the demands of fill time employment in the army. It is credited with significantly increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders entering the army and frequently involved trainees working within the community.

Working together with Territory Natural Resource Management (TNRM) to control the Mimosa plant and protect the Territory’s unique ecosystems is an important project and also helps the trainees develop new skills.