Wise use of wetlands in northern Australia : indigenous use : proceedings of a workshop held at Batchelor College, Batchelor, Northern Territory, 29 & 30 September & 1 October 1998 / edited by Peter Whitehead ... [and others]
Published
Darwin, N.T. : Centre for Tropical Wetlands Management & Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory Univeristy, [1999]
Workshop papers -- Vegetation - Ethnobiology -- Seabirds and reef environments -- Magpie geese -- Managing wetland plants and animals - using fire on floodplains -- Tourism on Aboriginal lands: a view from Kakadu and Western Arnhem Land -- Indigenous participation in tourism -- Freshwater turtles in the Daly river region -- Building partnerships for the coastal environment -- Inshore fisheries and future directions -- Fisheries issues in the Borroloola region -- The potential of aquaculture in the McArthur river region -- Lost! - Darwin's wetlands: a brief history of the known billabongs and lagoons of local Darwin and Palmerston areas -- Gayngaru - Nhulunbuy wetland -- Piggy-piggy -- Mimosa management -- Setting prorities for mimosa control -- Contemporary indigenous utilisation and management of wetland resources in Kakadu National Park, monsoonal Northern Australia -- Problems for wetland managers of the future -- Parks and Wildlife Commission management strategies -- Nimalaica wetlands -- Wise use of wetlands -- Ramingining Homeland Resource Centre -- The Northern Land Council's Caring for Country Unit and the Top End Indigenous People's Wetlands Program -- Lake Gregory (Paraku) -- Indigenous protected areas -- The Ramsar convention and local community involvement in wetland management -- Synthesis and outcomes.-- ch. 5. Spe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Centre for Tropical Wetlands management and Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University, 1999