Healthy Country, Healthy People: Supporting Indigenous Engagement in the Sustainable Management of Northern Territory Land and Seas: A Strategic Framework.

Healthy Country, Healthy People: Supporting Indigenous Engagement in the Sustainable Management of Northern Territory Land and Seas: A Strategic Framework. Corporate

  • Author(s): Putnis, A, Josif, P , Woodward, E
  • Published: 2007
  • Publisher: CSIRO

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Abstract: This report provides a five year plan for investment in Indigenous land and sea management across the NT. It provides advice to government agencies on both coordinating current investment and delivering new investment in this area, including the: • Indigenous Land Corporation; • Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; • Department of the Environment and Water Resources; • Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; • NT Government Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts; and • NT Government Department of the Chief Minister. The Indigenous Land Corporation and Aboriginals Benefit Account have signalled the potential release of approximately $20 million new investment in this area over the next two years. The project used this potential investment as the foundation for building a five year investment package across key Australian and NT Government agencies. It also provides a possible framework for attracting additional business and philanthropic investment in this area. An independent review of the Strategic Framework by a financial consultant has found that it has the potential to deliver more efficient and cost-effective land and sea management on Indigenous lands and, through a multiplier effect, deliver substantial economic, educational and cultural benefits more broadly to Indigenous communities (Appendix One). The Strategic Framework draws its recommendations from research conducted for this project which profiled Indigenous land and sea management, current support arrangements, critical success factors and priority investment needs across the NT. This involved a review of published and unpublished research, interviews, workshops and surveys with approximately 60 organisations including Australian and NT Government agencies, land councils, businesses and Indigenous land and sea management groups. Workshops and meetings were held in Darwin, Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy, Tiwi Islands, Momeka and Djinkarr, Canberra and Adelaide over four months from June to September 2007.

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