Suchergebnisse

2-way country-challenges for inclusive, equitable and prosperous development in North Australia / Joe Morrison, Peter Yu, and Melissa George -- Change and continuity : the North Australia cultural landscape / Ricky Archer, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Seán Kerins, Bob Costanza, Andrew Edwards, and Kamaljit Sangha -- Northern Australian history : dispossession, colonisation and the assertion of indigenous rights / Howard Pedersen and Stuart Philpott -- Economic development across the north : historical and current context of possible alternatives / Rolf Gerritsen, Peter Whitehead, and Natalie Stoeckl -- Towards a sustainable diversified land sector economy for North Australia / Jeremy Russell-Smith, Kamaljit K. Sangha, Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, and Andrew Edwards -- Resilient communities and eliable prosperity / Glenn James, Bentley James, Joe Morrison, and Douglas Paton -- Like a rusty nail, you can never hold us blackfellas down : cultural resilience in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria / Seán Kerins and Jacky Green -- Governing North Australian landscapes for a better future / Allan Dale.

Risks and challenges associated with recurring natural hazards (especially wet season cyclonic and flooding events; dry season extensive savanna fires) facing remote north Australian Indigenous communities are well recognised. Less well appreciated are longer-term challenges required for building community resilience in the face of responding to natural hazards. We report on detailed surveys of community perceptions of resilience undertaken in two communities, Ngukurr and Gunbalanya, in northern Australia. This assessment highlights the critical challenge for government authorities to effectively engage with remote communities. We then address the equally challenging issue of enhancing resilience through building enterprise opportunities. Currently, only few employment opportunities exist in either community. Based on experience with market-based savanna burning greenhouse gas emissions abatement projects in north Australia, we illustrate the potential for ecosystem service-based enterprises to deliver culturally appropriate employment, which offers evident benefits for local communities in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from major natural disaster events.

AbstractThe release of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change agreement highlighted the importance of global sustainability internationally. Here, we outline a vision and strategies for developing northern Australia that demonstrate how a focus on sustainable prosperity can both expand historical approaches and current government plans and integrate the biophysical realities with the social, political, and cultural characteristics of the region. We highlight examples of the significant horizontal and vertical integration opportunities that this expanded vision and related strategies provide for (a) land (carbon farming, targeted food production systems, and native title arrangements); (b) water (water resources management); (c) energy (renewable energy production, storage, and distribution); (d) workforce (culturally appropriate ecotourism, Indigenous ranger programs, and protected area management); (e) knowledge services (health care and innovative employment opportunities); and (f) governance (greater participatory governance). We found that realisation of even 10% of these emerging opportunities over the next 10 years alone could result in economic growth worth over AUD 15 billion and 15,000+ jobs for northern Australia as well as the further ecological and social benefits derived from a sustainable prosperity strategy.