Valuing and protecting Indigenous wild food resources
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The value of rivers and wild food resources to Aboriginal people is the focus of new research that will help transform water management on Cape York in northern Queensland.
16 June 2010
"Aboriginal people have a large stake in water resource planning and management based on their distinct cultures, ways of life and substantial land holdings. Yet their interests and values in water are poorly understood by decision makers," CSIRO researcher Dr Sue Jackson says.
Mr Whitfield says the surveys will ask people questions such as how many fish they’ve caught or Magpie Goose eggs they've collected.
"After the data have been collected we’ll compare the total wild harvest with the cost of purchasing the same amount of food from the community store," he says.
Reference: 10/83
The value of rivers and wild food resources to Aboriginal people is the focus of new research that will help transform water management on Cape York in northern Queensland.
16 June 2010
"Aboriginal people have a large stake in water resource planning and management based on their distinct cultures, ways of life and substantial land holdings. Yet their interests and values in water are poorly understood by decision makers," CSIRO researcher Dr Sue Jackson says.
Mr Whitfield says the surveys will ask people questions such as how many fish they’ve caught or Magpie Goose eggs they've collected.
"After the data have been collected we’ll compare the total wild harvest with the cost of purchasing the same amount of food from the community store," he says.
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