Aboriginal jobs in environment & conservation

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater: Australia in the international context
Melanie Durette / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
The paper undertakes a comparative overview of the law as it pertains to Indigenous rights in freshwater in four countries: the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Posted 27-05-2008

Caring for country

Caring for country: An overview of Aboriginal land management in the Top End of the Northern Territory
Séan Kerins / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Owning and managing lands of the significance of the tropical savannah of the Northern Territory brings many diverse challenges. This presentation discusses the formalisation of Aboriginal land and sea management activities in the mid 1990s and the establishment of the Caring for Country program. Posted 05-05-2008

The environmental significance of the Indigenous estate

The environmental significance of the Indigenous estate
Jon Altman, Geoff Buchanan and Libby Larsen / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
The Indigenous estates makes up 20 per cent of the Australian land mass, covering vast areas of relatively intact land containing some of the highest conservation priority lands in Australia. Using a number of maps, the authors explore the geography of the Indigenous estate, its environmental significance, and some of the innovative approaches adopted by Indigenous landholders to protect the natural and cultural values of their land. Posted 18-10-2007