To date, New South Wales is the only Australian jurisdiction yet to implement stand-alone legislation setting out a protection and management regime for Aboriginal culture and heritage. Instead, the state maintains a management regime contained primarily within the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974...
The Right/Better Way Call upon local Aboriginal knowledge of the flora, fauna and cultural heritage of the project area. Work with Aboriginal people to make traditional knowl- edge systems and cultural practices an integral part of the design and proposal of works. Take the time to get to ...
Environmental sustainability, which involves both intra-generational and inter-generational equity, has been the approach of Indians for very long. Much before the climate change debate began, Mahatma Gandhi, regarded as the father of our nation had said that we should act as ‘trustees’ and use...
and possess detailed knowledge of the location, distribution, and characteristics of its water holes, fauna, flora, and climatic conditions. Their ability to read the ground like a map greatly improved theirefficiencyas hunters. Knowledge of thetopographyand resources of huge areas of country was ...
In north-west Arnhem Land, it is noted that children’s songs often imitated adult versions, and described the local flora and fauna. The songs include environmental information that is important for survival. “Where you see chicken hawk, there you find kangaroo” is an example [25]. Paying...
However, although this group clearly acknowledged the impacts of cats on wildlife [28] and their knowledge passed down from previous Rangers about the land, flora and fauna, they also believed that local Indigenous knowledge and values must play a key role in management. The Animal Manager's ...