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Developing the Wet Tropics Aboriginal Cultural and Natural Resource Management Plan Workshop Proceedings PART TWO: PROCEEDINGS OF ABORIGINAL PLAN WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS Edited by Libby Larsen and Sandra Pannell 23 Workshop Proceedings Preface PREFACE TO THE PROCEEDINGS In a recent review of the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), the Wet Tropics Natural Resource Management (NRM) Region is identified as a “case study of exemplary consultation with Indigenous communities” (Worth 2005:4). While this observation is correct insofar as the Wet Tropics Aboriginal Cultural and Natural Resource Plan represents the first plan of its kind in Australia, it incorrectly depicts the nature and agency of Indigenous engagement in the NHT process. As reported by Smyth, Szabo and George (2004), the Aboriginal Plan is the direct result of “Aboriginal people of the region taking control and ownership of their own planning process” (2004: 137). While government authorities and local NRM bodies belatedly develop national and state ‘Indigenous Engagement Protocols’, it is apparent that throughout Australia Traditional Owners have engaged with, and responded to, the planning process in a myriad of ways. In the push to peddle NHT success stories, particularly Indigenous ones, the steps taken by Aboriginal people as they strive to achieve their aspirations for country and culture, are often overlooked in the bureaucratic emphasis upon tangible outputs, such as a plan. Part Two of this report, Proceedings of Aboriginal Plan Workshops and Meetings (Workshop Proceedings), documents some of those steps, and the many challenges confronted by Traditional Owners in the process of redressing their marginalisation in the NHT / NRM planning process. One of the key functions of Part Two is to stand as a historical record of ‘Indigenous engagement’ in the development of the Aboriginal Plan. As the following workshop proceedings indicate, the culmination of Indigenous aspirations and efforts in the form of the Aboriginal Plan was not a straightforward or brief process. For Traditional Owners, achieving recognition within the framework of NHT entailed a lot of hard work – talking to government people, working together with researchers, lobbying politicians, getting support from their ‘mob’. In this sense, the proceedings point to the determination and commitment of Traditional Owners in this part of Australia to play a key role in the multi-billion dollar, nation- wide experiment in environmental management and social change called NHT. With an eye to history and the future value of these proceedings as a record of what ‘really’ happened, the original format and content of these documents has largely been retained. For publication purposes, minor typesetting changes have been instigated. While a number of presentations are narrated in the third person, in order to convey the sense of immediacy and topicality of proceedings presentations, the active tense is retained where possible. 25 Workshop Proceedings Regional Forum, March 2002 WET TROPICS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FORUM PROCEEDINGS 14-15 March 2002 Sisters of Mercy Conference Centre, Cairns Prepared by R. Hill and M. J. Nursey-Bray with contributions from R. Foley, J. Fenton, L. Talbot, M. George, R. Nobel and J. Epong 27 Workshop Proceedings Regional Forum, March 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to: • The Traditional Owners of the country which is the venue for this workshop, the Gimuy- Yidinji, and the Traditional Owners of the Wet Tropics region; • North Queensland Land Council Native Title Representative Body Aboriginal Corporation and Girringun Elders and Reference Group who were responsible for supporting the forum; • Mr Rowan Foley for facilitating the forum and assisting in its organisation; • Ms Peta-Marie Standley (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) and Ms Tracey Kluck (Indigenous Land Corporation) for their individual efforts on behalf of their organisations; • Other organisations which supported the forum, including Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation Inc., Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) Bushcare Program and the Rainforest CRC; and • Dr Rosemary Hill (Rainforest CRC) for taking notes throughout the Forum to enable the preparation of this report. Acknowledgement is also due those individuals who contributed to the preparation of the proceedings: R. Hill and M.J. Nursey-Bray, with R. Foley, J. Fenton, L. Talbot, M. George, R. Noble, and J. Epong. The forum was held at the Sisters of Mercy Conference Centre, Cairns. Thank you to all of the speakers and attendees. 29 Larsen and Pannell LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Name Affiliation Allan Cassidy Nywaigi / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Allan Dale Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Allison Halliday North Queensland Land Council Barry J. Hunter Djabugay / Mona Mona project / Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet Brad Dorrington NRM Board (Wet Tropics) Inc. Bruce Butler Bandjin / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Charles Morganson Warungnu / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Chris Kennedy Girramay / Badjuballa Christina George Warrgamay / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Claire Heath Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Claude Beeron Girramay / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Connie Stewart Yidinji Dale Mundraby Wet Tropics Management Authority Dwayne Mundraby North Queensland Land Council Elsie Go-Sam Ngadjon-Jii Garry Rees Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Ian Kuch North Queensland Land Council James Epong Ma:Mu James Moran Jirrbal, Ravenshoe Jason Fred Warungnu / Badjuballa Jean Fenton Indigenous Coastcare Jim Davis Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation (Indigenous Land Management Facilitator) Jim Petrich Interim Negotiating Forum Facilitator Josh Gibson Wet Tropics Management Authority Judulu Bama Ngappi.Ngappi, North Queensland Land Council Julie Boslem Nywaigi / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Julie Go-Sam, Jirrbal Kirsti Sampson Marine and Coastal Community Network Lachlan Walker Indigenous Land Corporation Leah Talbot Rainforest CRC Lisa Stagoll Wet Tropics Management Authority Margaret Ross-Kelly Wet Tropics Management Authority Marion McCarty Ma:Mu Melissa George Burdekin Dry Tropics Group (Wulgurukaba) 30 Workshop Proceedings Regional Forum, March 2002 Name Affiliation Michael Morta Ma:Mu Nadia Mack North Queensland Land Council Nicky Horsfall Cultural Heritage Consultant Niree Appo Ma:Mu Noel Pearson Cape York Partnerships Patty Worboys James Cook University Peta Standley Bushcare Facilitator Peter Ambrym North Queensland Land Council Phillip Rist Nywaigi / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Reg Brim Djabugay Renee van der Zijden James Cook University Rhonda Brim Djabugay Ricko Noble Gunggandji Rosemary Hill Rainforest CRC Rowan Foley North Queensland Land Council Sarah Chalkley Coastcare, NHT Taskforce, Environment Australia Seith Fourmile Gimuy Yidinji Sherry Marchand Australian National University Steve McCann TAFE Caring for Country Unit Tracey Kluck Indigenous Land Corporation Troy Minniecon Ma:Mu Troy Wyles-Whelan Warrgamay / Girringun Elders and Reference Group Victor Maund Ma:Mu William Boslem Girramay / Girringun Elders and Reference Group William Morganson Warrgamay / Girringun Elders and Reference Group 31 Larsen and Pannell EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Wet Tropics Regional Environment and Natural Resource Management (NRM) Forum was held on 14-15 March 2002. It provided an opportunity for Rainforest Indigenous peoples to present and discuss ideas about land and sea management, biodiversity conservation, and in particular to address future options relating to Stage 2 of the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust program (NHT 2). The Forum was hosted by the NHT Bushcare Program and organised with the support of North Queensland Land Council (NQLC), Girringun Elders and Reference Group, the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation and the Rainforest CRC. Forum presentations outlined new government policy and programs for sustainable land management and conservation. A number of case studies highlighted Indigenous approaches to land and sea management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Cape York Peninsula (CYP), the Queensland Murray Darling Commission (QMDC), the Green Corps at Badjuballa, and the Cairns TAFE Caring For Country program. The Forum recognised that Indigenous people have major rights and interests in natural resources in the Wet Tropics. For example, Indigenous peoples’ Native Title rights may extend over more than eighty percent of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA), and over other land outside of the WTWHA, with the exception of freehold lands. Indigenous people in the Wet Tropics region number approximately 18,000 and account for around twelve percent of the total regional population. Traditional Owners, governments and other stakeholders are currently negotiating the determination of Native Title through processes established under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and associated Queensland legislation. Nevertheless, Native Title rights are afforded protection under Australia’s common law regardless of whether they have been recognised through statutory law. The Forum identified major deficiencies regarding Indigenous participation in the new regional natural resource management arrangements developed as part of the implementation of Stage 2 of the NHT in the Wet Tropics. Figures from the first funding round for the NHT program demonstrate that Indigenous peoples received only one percent of available funding, despite being major landholders.
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