Unrealised economic opportunities in remote Indigenous communities: Case studies from northern Australia

Sangha, Kamaljit K.; Duvert, Adèle; Archer, Ricky; Russell‐Smith, Jeremy

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100093

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“…One particularly prospective opportunity for IRGs operating in fire-prone north Australian savannas has been the undertaking, since the mid-2000s, of landscape-scale, market-based savanna burning greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects (Russell-Smith et al 2013 ; Edwards et al 2021 ). As at 2020, savanna burning projects on Indigenous lands collectively covered ~ 180,000 km 2 abating ~ 2.8 MtCO 2 -e annually, earning AUD 40 m per yr (Sangha et al 2020 ). The emergence of savanna burning as an industry sector illustrates the potential for IRGs developing contracted linkages with EM institutions to undertake management services around remote communities, and townships and infrastructure more broadly (Russell-Smith et al 2020a ).…”

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“…For the most part, however, fee-for-service opportunities continue to be restricted, with little recognition of the potential for, or dedicated investment provided by, responsible government authorities to build the business and associated governance capacity of community-based IRG institutions (Russell-Smith et al 2020a ; Sangha et al 2020 ). Such capacity is critical if remote communities are to emerge from current levels of welfare dependency, and associated social and economic deficit and disadvantage (COAG 2011 ; CoA 2020 ).…”

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“…Indeed, Indigenous-owned local enterprise is widely seen as the vehicle for redressing post-mission era dependencies (Morrison 2012 ; James et al 2021 ). As illustration, based on 2016 census data (ABS 2016 ), Sangha et al ( 2020 ) describe employment characteristics in two typical Northern Territory remote communities, Borroloola (population 871, 77% Indigenous) and Maningrida (population 2612, 91% Indigenous), where 60% and 70%, respectively, of the eligible Indigenous population workforce was unemployed. Such employment opportunities as exist occur predominantly in the government service sector (e.g.…”

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“…Research reported here synthesises seven years’ intercultural collaborative socio-environmental and policy research broadly addressing the theme, Building capacity in north Australian remote communities , funded through Australia’s national Bushfires and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre. That programme has focussed on: (1) understanding the particular EM challenges faced by, and aspirations of, remote Indigenous communities as perceived by community members themselves (NAILSMA 2014 ; Morley et al 2016 ; Lawurrpa et al 2017 ; Sangha et al 2017b ; Sithole et al 2017 , 2019a , b , 2021 ; James et al 2019 , 2021 ); (2) exploring sustainable ecosystem services and economic opportunities for supporting Indigenous engagement in effective EM partnerships (Sangha et al 2017a , 2019a , b , c , 2020 , 2021 ; Russell-Smith and Sangha 2018 , 2019 ; Russell-Smith et al 2019 , 2020a , b ).…”

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Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia

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Northern Australia is prone to recurring severe natural hazards, especially frequent cyclones, flooding, and extensive wildfires. The region is sparsely populated (≪ 0.5 persons km−2), with Indigenous (Aboriginal) residents comprising 14% of the population, and typically the majority in remote regions. Despite national policy committed to addressing emergency management (EM) in vulnerable Indigenous communities, implementation remains unfunded. We synthesise participatory intercultural research conducted over seven years exploring core challenges, opportunities and potential solutions towards developing effective EM partnerships. Similar EM engagement and empowerment issues face First Nations and local communities in many international settings. In search of solutions, we explore developing effective partnership arrangements between EM agencies and culturally diverse Indigenous communities. Observing that government already provides substantial investment in cultural and natural resource management programmes conducted by over 150 Indigenous Ranger Groups (IRGs) nationally, we demonstrate that expansion of IRG roles to incorporate EM community engagement and service delivery can provide multiple cost-effective community and business development benefits for many remote communities.

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“…The knowledge acts as the basis for local level decision-making, which is considered as of the important factors to achieve food security, to maintain human and animal health and to ensure the performance of educational, economic and social activities (Kanyama-Phiri et al, 2017). Especially on indigenous people welfare enhancement, application of indigenous knowledge on land management also provides economic opportunities for indigenous community (Sangha et al, 2020).…”

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Cultural Space Methodology on Assessment of Authenticity of Indigenous Community Forest and Conservation Area in Indonesia

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Indigenous knowledge is proven to be one of the foundations of sustainable land and marine management. While indigenous knowledge is acknowledged as of important factors on maintenance of biodiversity of the planet, it also ensures the sustenance of social and economic system of indigenous community. To facilitate the application of indigenous knowledge on management of customary forest in Indonesia, since 2012, the Government of Indonesia has been providing formal access for indigenous communities to their forests to maintain forest sustainability and to enhance the welfare of indigenous community. Nonetheless, the achievement of sustainable development goals in the scope of forest and conservation area management is threatened by various competing interests and power imbalance, which mostly leads to conversion of naturally vegetated area, as well as the inability of the community to integrate new economic opportunities to its institution. Moreover, the Government of Indonesia has not been regulating the involvement of indigenous community on the management of conservation area. Most importantly, such a program provides no reference on indigenous community, especially on the assessment of authenticity of indigenous community’s forest. Cultural space methodology may fill the aforementioned gaps. The methodology was developed based on the notion of cultural space and land administration, particularly the people-and-land/marine space relationship. Moreover, such a methodology was also constructed based on the experiences of agricultural and maritime communities in Indonesia on the administration of their territories. The methodology provides a procedure to convert information on the interrelation of indigenous community, its cultural space in forest and conservation area, and indigenous knowledge into geospatial information and data that represent the cultural space unit as a geographic feature. Therefore, such methodology may be utilised to assess the authenticity of a long-existing relationship between a community, especially an indigenous one, and its land, particularly that serves conservational function.

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Building Resilient, Sustainable, and Well-Being-Based Economies in Northern Australia

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Unrealised economic opportunities in remote Indigenous communities: Case studies from northern Australia

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia

Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia

Cultural Space Methodology on Assessment of Authenticity of Indigenous Community Forest and Conservation Area in Indonesia

Building Resilient, Sustainable, and Well-Being-Based Economies in Northern Australia

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