Indigenous Values and Water Resource Management: A Case Study from the Northern Territory

Jackson, Sue

doi:10.1080/14486563.2005.9725084

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“…However, while Jackson (2005) found that particular places or sacred sites only become foci when resources or places are under pressure or threat, Baker and Mutitjulu Community (1992) found that Indigenous Anangu and scientists that used a land systems classification classified landscapes in similar ways and with similar numbers of habitat components. Similarly, species-level comparisons of reptiles resulted in considerable overlap in identified species, but also considerable variation in which species were identified (Baker & Mutitjulu Community 1992).…”

Section: Discussion Overlap In 'Values'mentioning

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“…There may be difficulties in managing tradeoffs in intercultural environmental policy development and decision-making given the necessity of balancing social, economic and cultural values with environmental objectives, particularly when social and environmental values may appear to be nebulous, subjective and lacking in market value (Jackson 2005). However, the first step is to understand and recognise the significance of different perspectives and value systems.…”

Section: Towards Integrated Holistic Environmental Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, scientific approaches to conservation have been criticised for being reductionist and relying on objectification and specificity, while ignoring social factors, long timescales and differing perspectives (Strang 1997, p. 266;Jackson 2005;Rotarangi & Russell 2009) -essentially hyper-focusing o n s o m e a s p e c t s w h i l e n e g l e c t i n g t h e b r o a d e r interconnectedness and complexity of ecosystems and of the human -nature relationship.…”

Section: B Iodiversity Management In Australia Is Underlain B Y L E Gmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Incorporating Indigenous values with ‘Western’ conservation values in sustainable biodiversity management

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2010

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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Section: Discussion Overlap In 'Values'mentioning

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2010

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“…Catchment management practices are evolving to incorporate new approaches to natural resource management as evident in the introduction of environmental flows to provide for ecological requirements of rivers. However, Jackson (2005) argues that while environmental values are being recognized, further changes to catchment management practices are still required to fully acknowledge Indigenous interests in water.…”

Section: Inadequate Recognition Of Indigenous Values In Water Resourcmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…This is partly due to the limited appreciation of many dimensions pertaining to Indigenous society-water relations. The differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous water management practices within Australia is highlighted by Jackson (2005). She analyses the Indigenous values and water resource management issue with a case study on the Daly River in the Northern Territory.…”

Section: Inadequate Recognition Of Indigenous Values In Water Resourcmentioning

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Water injustices and potential remedies in indigenous rural contexts: A water justice analysis

McLean

2007

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This paper examines Indigenous water rights in rural and remote Australia and how water justice seems to be elusive in many of these spaces. The purpose of this literature review is to link water justice theory and practices to the way different water cultures are valued in Australia while simultaneously critiquing the water justice movement. This paper situates the notion of water justice as a specific kind of environmental justice to cater for the unique qualities that define this resource. In doing so, this paper draws on Schlosberg's (2004) conception of environmental justice with its trivalent approach that describes the following three 'circles of concern': recognition of difference, plurality of participation, and finally equitable distribution of resources and costs and benefits. This framework provides that if the first two 'circles of concern' are not in existence in a natural resource management process, then inequitable distribution of that resource is a likely outcome. This paper presents two areas where water injustices exist in the context of Indigenous rural and remote Australia. The first relates to how Indigenous rights to water have been inadequately recognized and the second presents empirical data on water supply and sanitation in rural and remote Indigenous communities that demonstrates ongoing dilemmas around securing this basic human right. The undervaluing of cultural differences relating to water is argued to be antecedent to the injustice manifest in poor water supply and sanitation provision for Indigenous rural contexts. This paper does not attempt to survey the body of ethnographic work on society-water relations in rural and remote Indigenous Australian contexts but reviews the gaps in current mainstream acknowledgement of Indigenous water cultures. In exploring water justice in rural and remote Indigenous Australia, this paper offers a novel approach to a dilemma more frequently analysed solely as a health development issue.

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Exploring and Evaluating Scenarios for a River Catchment in Northern Australia Using Scenario Development, Multi-criteria Analysis and a Deliberative Process as a Tool for Water Planning

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Marinoni

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Water Resour Manage

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Water catchments worldwide are experiencing increasing pressure on the quantity and quality of ground and surface water resources. Water managers are increasingly consulting community and stakeholder groups to ensure their decisions reflect the values and preferences of water users. Growing tensions between different water users require the use of techniques that can enable stakeholders to learn about each others' positions and deliberate about the costs and benefits of alternative water allocation scenarios. This paper describes the use of scenario development, a small group deliberative process (citizens' jury) and multi-criteria analysis to assist in water planning for the Howard River catchment in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Water planning processes in the NT are in their infancy. As such, this research provides information about stakeholder preferences where none was previously available and demonstrates the use of a new water planning tool. The research found that the process in this case was most useful in providing information A. T. Straton (B) CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,

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Indigenous Values and Water Resource Management: A Case Study from the Northern Territory

Cited by 25 publications

References 10 publications

Incorporating Indigenous values with ‘Western’ conservation values in sustainable biodiversity management

Incorporating Indigenous values with ‘Western’ conservation values in sustainable biodiversity management

Water injustices and potential remedies in indigenous rural contexts: A water justice analysis

Exploring and Evaluating Scenarios for a River Catchment in Northern Australia Using Scenario Development, Multi-criteria Analysis and a Deliberative Process as a Tool for Water Planning

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