Burning Questions : emerging environmental issues for indigenous peoples in Northern Australia

Langton, Marcia ; Dean Yibarbuk (Intro. essay)

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

About this Item

1st ed., slim ctavo, illustrated wraps, map, pp (vi), 89. Pencilled notes on halftitle page, occasional pencil marks in text. Very good condition. 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. Includes 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burning Questions : emerging environmental issues for indigenous peoples in Northern Australia
• Publisher: Northern Territory University Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Darwin
• Publication Date: 1998
• Binding: stiff wraps
• Edition: 1st Edition.