Title Burning questions : emerging environmental issues for indigenous peoples in Northern Australia / Marcia Langton

Published Darwin : Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University, 1998

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W'PONDS	333.2099429 Lan/Bqe		AVAILABLE
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W'PONDS	333.2099429 Lan/Bge		AVAILABLE
NIKERII	NIKERII		IN PROCESS

Description ii, 89 pages : maps ; 22 cm Summary Examination of environmental issues facing Aboriginal peoples in northern Australia; discusses the impact of non-Indigenous and 'scientific' approaches to the understanding of the Australian environment on Aboriginal peoples interests in the environment; criticism of the western concepts of 'wilderness', archaeological, ecological and environmentalist representation of the Aboriginal past and global models of environmental management; argues for the effective role of Aboriginal agency in land management; changes in Aboriginal land use in northern Australia; use of fire - debates about its past and present impacts (criticism of Flannery's The Future Eaters); case studies of contemporary Aboriginal land management - Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation (Yolngu lands), Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation (Blyth and Liverpool River region) and Arafura Wetlands; argues for models of shared responsibility between Indigenous and other systems of land management Analysis Aboriginal culture Aborigines Bushfires Controlled burning Environmental impact Land settlement Natural resource management North Australia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 78-87 Notes Bob Hawke copy donated by Prof Lowitja O'Donoghue Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia, Northern. Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Northern. Burning of land -- Environmental aspects -- Australia. Burning of land -- Australia, Northern. Fire ecology -- Australia, Northern. Human ecology -- Australia. Land use -- Environmental aspects -- Australia, Northern. Land use -- Australia, Northern. Land use, Rural -- Australia. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia, Northern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010749 -- Environmental conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384 Author Northern Territory University. Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management. LC no. 2002327835 ISBN 1876483067 (paperback)

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