迈克尔·怀尔(Michael Wear)是一位土著男子,赢得了澳大利亚最顶尖的土著知识奖,因为他创建了潮月,这是鲨鱼湾可持续海参渔业和海洋恢复项目。 Michael Wear, an Aboriginal man, won Australia’s top Indigenous knowledge award for founding Tidal Moon, a sustainable sea cucumber fishery and marine restoration project in Shark Bay.

来自西澳大利亚的Malgana男子Michael Wear成为澳大利亚总理土著和托雷斯海峡岛民知识系统奖的首个获奖者。 Michael Wear, a Malgana man from Western Australia, has become the first recipient of Australia’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems. 他于2017年创立Tidal Moon(Tidal Moon), 这是该国首个土著拥有和领导的海洋黄瓜渔业和海洋恢复企业, He founded Tidal Moon in 2017, the nation’s first Indigenous-owned and led sea cucumber fishery and marine restoration enterprise, based in Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 该倡议利用传统生态知识,结合现代科学,恢复受2011-2012年热浪破坏的海草生态系统,重点是可持续采伐和重建海洋生物多样性。 The initiative uses traditional ecological knowledge combined with modern science to restore seagrass ecosystems damaged by a 2011–2012 heatwave, focusing on sustainable harvesting and rebuilding marine biodiversity. Tidal Moon还培训土著人民成为国家管理者,促进长期的环境和经济复原力。 Tidal Moon also trains Indigenous people to become stewards of Country, promoting long-term environmental and economic resilience. 怀着对荣誉的自豪感,并强调有必要确保该奖的遗产为后代延续下去。 Wear expressed pride in the honor and emphasized the need to ensure the award’s legacy endures for future generations.