By Sue Jackson and Joe Morrison
Published in 2007, the book titled 'Managing Water For
Australia, The Social and Institutional Challenges' brings together
a series of papers that were presented at the conference,
Delivering the National Water Initiative: Understanding the social
and industry dimensions. The conference was was hosted by Land
& Water Australia, the National Water Commission, the
Australian National University and the Academy of Social Sciences
in Australia in December 2006. The papers therein summarise the
existing social sciences research and knowledge and promote further
consideration of the implementation needs of the National Water
Initiative's agreed water reform agenda.
Chapter three, 'Indigenous perspectives in water management,
reforms and implementation', was written by Sue Jackson and
Joe Morrison. This papers focuses on Indigenous interests in water
and how these interests are construed with respect to the
National Water Initiative. The paper clearly identifies processes
that need to be considered when adequately addressing issues of
Indigenous access, customary and cultural values, and engagement in
the water planning and trading processes. The paper also highlights
key issues that may effect how Indigenous people benefit from the
National Water Initiative water reform agenda.
An abstract of this paper can be downloaded from the section
below.
