Indigenous Australians Fight Climate Change with Fire Solutions Journal 11 2011
Indigenous Fire Skills blaze an eco-friendly trail. Read full article by Joe Morrison in Canberra Times.
Carbon Credit plan fires burning ambitions. Read full article on ABC on line.
Carbon Farming Initiatives give Indigenous Australia major opportunities. Read full article in NewsMaker.
Hear Joe Morrison's interview about the Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund and its opportunities and risks for Indigenous communities.
The Government's plan for a prosperous, sustainable Australia is detailed in a new website.
See how the Household Assistance Package effects you with the Household Assistance Estimator.
Read about NAILSMA's Carbon Project that aims to establish landscape-scale emissions abatement projects in northern Australia.
.......NAILSMA chief executive Joe Morrison welcomed a $22 million carbon farming fund for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. He said it recognised the work indigenous communities were doing to cut carbon emissions through land mangement across the seasonally fire-prone Top End.
''It's a good start, and opens the way for Aboriginal communities to earn new income from carbon offsets,'' he said.
Read full article.
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill Media Release [pdf 317.8 kb]
National Indigenous Climate Change Commnique [pdf 43.7 kb]
Joe Morrison NAILSMA CEO, Ms Marion Scrymgour MLA, Peter Whitehead (Editor), Jeremy Russell-Smith (Editor) and Robbie Dalton NLC.
Colombian Forest Project Reaps Credits... and Criticismhttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51340Carbon related news
The Government announced the establishment of the independent Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board. Read media release.
A report entitled Managing Fire and Measuring Progress in the Arafura Swamp Region
Applying Adaptive Fire Management to Maintain and Enhance Natural, Cultural and Social Values Workshop has just been release by NAILSMA after a very successful workshop held at the Ngaliyindi Outstation in Arnhem Land in September 2010.
The workshop focused particularly on:
NAILSMA Climate Change Adaptation Workshophttp://www.nailsma.org.au/forum/forumclimate_change_workshop.htmlDarwin April 21 and 22
Read the DCCEE report just released!
Click on image above to download your copy.
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas: Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition.A 2009 CSIRO publication edited by Jeremy Russell-Smith, Peter Whitehead and Peter Cooke. In regards to the content Joe Morrison NAILSMA CEO states that: 'the successful world first initiative shows the inherent commitment by Indigenous land managers to the protection and management of their natural and cultural assets.' A great read! [pdf 353.5 kb]
Post Copenhagen Joe Morrison discusses outcomes and thoughts post the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting 2009. [pdf 116.4 kb]