Examines the political economy of wildlife management in the tropical savanna of NT; a new form of cooperative wildlife management adopted by the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation; importance of wildlife harvesting and management to Indigenous economic development; a hybrid model of sustainability combining Indigenous and Western knowledge; correlation between Indigenous models for resource management and state goals of biodiversity; commercial rights versus customary entitlements for Indigenous land owners; value of Indigenous ecological knowledge to the region and the nation
Notes
"A version of this paper was initially presented as a CAEPR seminar in May 2002 and then at the Savanna Landscapes - Fire and Wildfire conference, held at the Northern Territory University, Darwin on 11 and 12 July 2002."
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 12-14
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