Project Leaders and Host Organisation
Jean Fenton and Melissa George,
George Fenton Consultants
Project Description and Objectives
For detailed descriptions of the outputs for
this project for Year 4 (2009/2010) of the MTSRF Research
Programme, see the Annual Research
Plan.
There is an identified need within the MTSRF
to broaden its engagement with Indigenous peoples within the Great
Barrier Reef catchment and the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
In order for the MTSRF (through the RRRC) to
ensure the conservation and sustainable use and management of
environmental assets within North Queensland, a dialogue must occur
with Indigenous peoples which provides for meaningful engagement
and the delivery of outcomes beyond the environment, to support
broader outcomes associated with Indigenous people's needs at a
community level. There are currently a number of processes being
delivered to Indigenous communities but they seem to be
uncoordinated and ad hoc.
This project aims to enhance emerging
mechanisms to increase Indigenous people's engagement and
meaningful involvement of research organisations by creating an
Indigenous-specific second generation research directions report
that reflects what is needed at the community level. This
report will identify new and innovative ways forward with a
mutually beneficial approach.
To ensure that the research directions report
is comprehensive the following outputs will be achieved:
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Scope out how Indigenous natural resource management can be used
to achieve community aspirations and environmental management
outcomes via the provision of environmental services;
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Map out existing Indigenous infrastructure and
organisations;
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Identify current Land and Sea management arrangements and
programs;
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Investigate appropriate research governance models, e.g the
Cooperative
Research Centre for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Health;
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Undertake analysis of four case studies (Girringun Aboriginal
Corporation, Chuula/Lochardt, Curtis Coast, Torres Strait Region)
to demonstrate the above; and
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Identify the content of the research directions report based on
outcomes of above.
