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Identifying Training Needs to Improve Indigenous Community Representatives Input into Environmental Resource Management Consultative Processes: A case study of the Bundjalung Nation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

David Lloyd  and
Fiona Norrie
David Lloyd*
Affiliation:
Southern Cross University
Fiona Norrie
Affiliation:
Environment Protection Agency
*
†School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia. Email: dlloyd@scu.edu.au
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Abstract

Despite increased engagement of Indigenous representatives as participants on consultative panels charged with processes of natural resource management, concerns have been raised by both Indigenous representatives and management agencies regarding the ability of Indigenous people to have quality input into the decisions these processes produce. In order to determine how to more effectively engage Australian Aboriginal peoples in the management process, this article describes the results of interviews with Elders of the Bundjalung Nation and other community representatives who represent their community's interests on natural resource management boards within their traditional country. Community representatives identified the factors they considered important in understanding natural resource management and administrative processes and where training would enable them to make a significant contribution to the consultation process. It also highlighted a need for non-Indigenous managers to gain a greater understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems and protocols.

Keywords

Schema TheoryBundjalungIndigenous ConsultationCo-managementIndigenous knowledge systems and protocolsCapacity building.
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , 2004 , pp. 101 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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