WiOW 2024 Workshop Proceedings and Progress – December 2025

Following the conclusion of the WiOW 8th Symposium (Restoring our water health through knowledge-based solutions) a workshop was held in Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) on 1st November 2024 to discuss future action pathways.

The workshop brought together indigenous knowledge holders, scientists, environmental engineers, resource managers, regulators, policy makers and academia from Australasia.

Building on from the symposium this workshop was designed to:

• Build a self-sustaining movement for lasting change that weaves knowledge from the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori science, and to hear how these multicultural perspectives could turn into actions for the purpose of promoting the sustained restoration for healing our waters in Australasia

• and, to co-create the outputs and plans required to make lasting improvements in water health.

A report on the workshop design, synthesis and priority themes for future work is contained in a summary proceedings document.

Link to Proceedings Document here

Future Work

Outputs from the workshop included a focus on the following 5 themes to drive future actions. Each of these themes will be developed into action pathways and be explored through online and in-person workshops under the “Moving the Dial Project”. Reporting on progress in this theme areas will be a key element of future WiOW symposia.

• The Value of Relationships

• Paint the Picture

• Better Source Control

• Connecting People and Place

• Integration of Data & Knowledge