摘要：The integration and use of Indigenous knowledge to inform contemporary environmental policy decisions andmanagement solutions is a growing global phenomenon. However, there is little critical inquiry about how the interactionsbetween scientific and Indigenous knowledge (IK) systems can be effectively negotiated for the joint management of social-ecological systems. Such issues are urgent on Indigenous lands where co-management efforts respond to pressing conservationagendas and where the contribution of scientific knowledge and IK is required to better understand and manage complex social-ecological systems. We draw on the notion of boundary work to examine how interaction at the boundaries of scientific and IKsystems can be managed effectively as a contribution to co-management. The case study of feral animal co-management inAustralia's Kakadu National Park illuminates the work required for local co-managers to bridge the divide between scientificand IK systems and to ensure the translation of knowledge for management decisions. Attributes of effective boundary workdemonstrated in this case include: meaningful participation in agenda setting and joint knowledge production to enable co-managers to translate available knowledge into joint feral animal programs, Indigenous and non-Indigenous ranger efforts tobroker interactions between knowledge systems that are supported by co-governance arrangements to ensure that boundarywork remains accountable, and the production of collaboratively built boundary objects (e.g., feral animal impact assessmentdata) that helps to coordinate local action between co-managers. This case study illustrates the contribution of boundary workto local co-manager efforts to translate across knowledge systems and across the knowledge-action divide, even when consensusis difficult to achieve
