Mibu Fischer
Mibu Fischer is a Quandamooka marine ethnoecologist who works in the multi-use ecosystems tropical coastal group, in CSIROs Oceans & Atmosphere, in Brisbane. Fischer works on strengthening the collaboration between First Nations communities and researchers, by promoting that Traditional Knowledge and management practices of First Nations communities be considered in current fisheries practices and in the management and conservation of coastal ecosystems.[1][2]
Early life and education
Mibu Fischer is a descendant from the Noonuccal, Ngugi and Gorenpul clans of Quandamooka. In her childhood, Fischer collected eugaries (pipis) and quampees (pearl oysters) with her parents and grandparents, along the shores and beaches of the North Stradbroke Island.[3] This childhood affinity with the sea has transformed into scientific endeavours, where she now aims to educate people on a community and institutional level.[4]
Fischer earned a Bachelor of Marine Science and Management from Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia. In 2017, Fischer obtained a Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Management from Charles Sturt University in Albury, New South Wales.[5][6]
Career and impact
Fischer is a marine ethnoecologist working in the multi-use ecosystems tropical coastal group, in CSIROs Oceans & Atmosphere. She works with other Indigenous and Traditional practitioners to increase their visibility and impact in marine research and coastal Indigenous livelihoods. Fischer's main focus is to ensure that the Traditional Knowledge from Indigenous communities living on coastlines is considered in current practices in fisheries, and in the management and conservation of coastal ecosystems. Her work is focused particularly on communities currently facing the impacts of climate change.[1][2]
In 2009, Fischer entered an Indigenous cadetship at CSIRO. Since then, she has been working at CSIRO as a lab technician in Aquaculture (2011–2013), intern in the Tropical Coastal Group (2013–2014), and research projects officer (2014–2020) and experimental scientist at the Oceans and Atmosphere division (2020-ongoing).[2][6]
Between 2015 and 2018, Fischer collaborated as a visiting scientist with Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre. In 2020, she was a mentor in the Cairns Cohort of the Young Indigenous Women STEM Academy. Since 2021, she has been a member of the PhD Advisory Committee for Mercedes McLean (University of Queensland). Since 2020, Fischer has been part of the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Facilitators Community of Practice Group.[1]
Mibu Fischer contributed as a lead co-author to the Australian State of the Environment Report 2021.[7]
Awards and honours
In 2015 Fischer was selected as one of the CSIRO seven,[4] for her work focused on ensuring the long-term sustainability of recreational fisheries. She aimed to collect accurate information on this practice, so stakeholders can make informed decisions about the fisheries. She was also focused on educating Australians on the importance of keeping Australia's ocean ecosystem thriving for future generations, and looking for an integrated approach where western science meets traditional knowledge.[8]
In 2016 she was chosen to participate in the Queensland Indigenous Youth Parliament[3] and won best parliamentary performer from the Eric Deeral Youth Parliament. She then was selected to represent Australia alongside two others at the 2018 Young Pacific Leaders Conference in Honolulu.
Fischer was featured, along with two other Australian marine scientists, in the celebration of the 2022 World Oceans Day organised by the National Portrait Gallery of Australia in collaboration with the Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia (WOMEESA) network.[9][10] This event took place on 8 June 2022.
Selected work
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- Mibu Fischer; Darren Burns; Joel Bolzenius; Cameron Costello; Darryl Low Choy (29 August 2019) ."Quandamooka Country: The role of science and knowledge in Traditional Owner- led land and sea management". doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6713297.v1
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- Mibu Fischer (21 February 2022). "Sea country, climate change and Indigenous knowledge". The Strategist.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mibu Fischer profile". Centre for Marine Socioecology. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "CSIRO People – Mibu Fischer profile". CSIRO. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SBS - Meet Mibu Fischer, who wants to keep our ocean ecosystems thriving". 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CSIROv Media releases - The new faces of science". 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "ORCID - Mibu Fischer profile". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Mibu Fischer (LinkedIn)". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT - 2021 State of the Environment Report". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "Years Months Days - CSIROseven". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "WORLD OCEANS DAY - Portraits of Australians who shaped the Marine Sciences". Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ↑ "Portraits of Australians who shaped marine science". 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
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