Our Water Our Country An information manual for Aboriginal people and communities about the water reform process
The Aboriginal Water Initiative program aims to improve Aboriginal involvement and representation in water planning and management within NSW. The program allows the NSW Office of Water to monitor the success of water sharing plans in meeting their statutory requirements for Aboriginal specific performance indicators including:
providing water for Native Title rightsrecognising spiritual, social, customary and economic values of water to Aboriginal people
Indigenous perspectives are very often overlooked in water management strategies - In some cases in Australia Indigenous communities do have pathways to be heard.
How can indigenous perspectives inform solutions to Global Water Crisis - #EcoChallenge_2.0 http://curtin.edu.au/ecochallenge