Social Justice in the Forest: Aboriginal engagement with Australia's forest industries
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Feb 25, 2008
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environment, Aboriginal communities, land
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What remains of Australia’s native forests are important to Aboriginal people for environmental, cultural and economic reasons. Managers of forests in protected areas at State and Commonwealth levels have policies for involving Aboriginal people in forest management and for protecting the intangible and tangible values that Aboriginal people place on forests, but there are limited opportunities for significant economic returns to Aboriginal communities. Outside of conservation reserves, there are native timber production forests on crown land, plantations on private and public land and, forests on Aboriginal land, that offer a range of opportunities for Aboriginal people to engage with forest industries. Cultural traditions and values continue to play a role but they are manifest in different ways, depending on the local situation.
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Annandale, M. and Taylor, D. (2006) Forest Futures - Aboriginal Timber and Forestry Enterprises on Cape York., In Forestry for Aboriginal people. Proceedings of Technical Session 130, IUFRO, Brisbane 2005, (Ed.), Feary, S., ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, pp. 49-59.
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Baker, R., Davies, J. and Young, E. (2001) Managing Country. An Overview of the Prime Issues, In Working on Country, (Eds.), Baker, R., Davies, J. and Young, E., Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 3-22.
BDO Consulting (SA) Pty Ltd. (2004) Opportunities and barriers for greater Aboriginal involvement in Australia's forestry industry, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Black, A., Baines, P. and Bekle, H. (2003) Towards a framework for Consultation and for Input of Aboriginal Knowledge Pertinent to Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management at a Regional Level, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne.
Bowdler, S. (1983) Aboriginal Sites on the Crown- timber lands of New South Wales, Forestry Commission of New South Wales, Sydney.
Buchy, M. and Hoverman, S. (1999) Understanding Public Participation in Forest Planning in Australia: How Can We Learn From Each Other? ANU Forestry Occasional Paper 99.2, ANU.
Cane, S. (1990) Trees on the Land, Report to the Resource Assessment Commission Forest and Timber Inquiry, Canberra.
Castel, R. and Hagan, J. (1978) Dependence and Independence: Aboriginal Workers on the Far South Coast of NSW 1920-75, In Who are our enemies? Racism and the Working Class in Australia, (Eds.), Curthoys, A. and Markus, A., The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, pp. 158-171. https://doi.org/10.2307/27508342
Chittick, L. and Fox, T. (1997) Travelling with Percy. A South Coast Journey, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.
Cornell, S. and Begay, M. (2003) What is Cultural Match and Why is it so Important? Lessons from 14 years of the Harvard Project, Building Effective Aboriginal Governance, Jabiru, NT. Available at: http://www.nt.gov.au/cdsa/Aboriginal_conference/web/html/papers.html
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Dargavel, J. (1995) Fashioning Australia's Forests, Oxford University Press Australia, Melbourne.
Donaldson, S. (2006) Stories about the Eurobodalla by Aboriginal People: Eurobodalla Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study, Eurobodalla Shire Council, and DECC.
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English, A. (2004) Echidnas and Archaeology: understanding the Aboriginal values of forests in NSW, In Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna, (Ed.), Lunney, D., Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, pp. 175-185.
Feary, S. (2001) Moving towards joint management in New South Wales: A Jervis Bay Case Study, In Working on Country. Contemporary Aboriginal Management of Australia's Lands and Coastal Regions, (Eds.), Baker, R., Davies, J. and Young, E., Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 276-293.
Foley, D. (2006) Aboriginal Australian Entrepreneurs, Canberra, Discussion Paper No. 279, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU.
Forests NSW (2005) Operational Guidelines for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management., NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Gerrand, A., Keenan, R., Kanowski, P. and Stanton R (2003) Australian forest plantations: an overview of industry, environmental and community issues and benefits, Australian Forestry, 66(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049158.2003.10674881
Goulding, M. and Griffiths, C. (2004) Bega Valley Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study, Stage 3, Report to DECC and Bega Valley Shire Council.
Goulding, M. and Waters, K. (2005) Shoalhaven Local Government Area Aboriginal Heritage Study NSW. Aboriginal Historical Research. Stage 1, Report to Shoalhaven City Council.
Harris-Daishowa (Australia) Pty Ltd. (1986) Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Eden (N.S.W.) export woodchip operation for the period 1989-2009. HarrisDaishowa Pty Ltd, including managers of timber production forests, Eden.
Howard, A. (2004) From villains to visionaries: the debate we have to have, Australian Forest Grower. Special Liftout No.69, 27(3): 1-8.
Howitt, R. (1992) Weipa: Industrialisation and Aboriginal Rights in a Remote Australian Mining Area, Geography, 77(331): 223-235.
Howitt, R. (2004) Seeing forests, trees and landscape: professional literacy, justice and ethical engagement., Forestry Education and Capacity in Indian Country. Available at http://www.es.mq.edu.au/~rhowitt/SEE_00E1.htm
Kristo, F. (nd.) Jervis Bay Paradise Lost?, Feral Ink.
Langton, M. (1998) Burning Questions. Emerging environmental issues for Aboriginal peoples in northern Australia, Centre for Aboriginal Natural and Cultural Heritage Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin.
Lowe, D. and Davies, J. (2001) Bundarwa, Berri-werri and the Bay: Traditional Rights and Bureaucratic Boundaries, In Working on Country. Contemporary Aboriginal Management of Australia's Lands and Coastal Regions, (Eds.), Baker, R., Davies, J. and Young, E., Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 257-275.
Lunney, D. and Barker, J. (1986) Mammals of the Coastal Forests near Bega, New South Wales 1. Survey, Australian Zoologist, 23(2): 19-28. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1986.008
Martin, D. (1995) Money, Business and Culture; issues for Aboriginal Economic Policy, Discussion Paper No. 101, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU.
McNaughton, D. and Morrison, M. (2005) Culturally Modified trees of the Weipa region, western Cape York Peninsula, Weipa, Comalco.
Mobbs, C. (2003) National Forest Policy and Regional Forest Agreements, In Managing Australia's Environment, (Eds.), Dovers, S. and Wild River, S., The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 90-114.
Nash, R. (1989) The Rights of Nature, Primavera Press, Sydney.
National Forest Inventory (2003) Australia's State of the Forests Report, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
National Parks and Wildlife Service (2006) Aboriginal co-management of parks, Available at: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/
Orchard, K., Ross H and Young E (2003) Institutions and Processes for Resource and Environmental Management in the Aboriginal Domain, In Managing Australia's Environment, (Eds.), Dovers, S. and Wild River S., The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 413-441.
Pearson, N. (2005) Peoples, Nations and Peace. Mabo Oration 3 June 2005, Available at: http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/docs/Mabo_Oration.rtf
Pollack, D. P. (2001) Aboriginal land in Australia: A quantitative assessment of Aboriginal landholdings in 2000, Discussion Paper No 221, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU.
Rose, D. (1996) Nourishing Terrains: Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra.
Routley R and Routley V. (1975) The Fight for the Forests: the takeover of Australian forests for pines, wood chips and intensive forestry, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU.
Rowley, C. (1970) The Remote Aborigines, Pelican Books, Victoria.
Sculthorpe, G. (2005) Recognising Difference: Contested issues in Native Title and Cultural Heritage, Anthropological Forum, 15(2): 171-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/00664670500135238
Smith, L. (2000) A history of Aboriginal heritage legislation in south-eastern Australia, Australian Archaeology, 50: 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2000.11681673
Suchet, S. (1996) Nurturing Culture through Country: Resource Management Strategies and Aspirations of Local Landowning Families, Australian Geographical Studies, 34(2): 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8470.1996.tb00116.x
Thompson, K. (1985) A history of the Aboriginal people of East Gippsland, Land Conservation Council, Melbourne.
Trigger, D. (1997) Land Rights and the Reproduction of Aboriginal Culture in Australia's Gulf Country, Social Analysis, 41(3): 84-106.
Turvey, N. (2006) Terania Creek Rainforest Wars, Glass House Books, Queensland.
Wiersum, K. (1995) 200 Years of Sustainability in Forestry: Lessons from History, Environmental Management, 19(3): 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471975
Williams, K. (2002) Beliefs about natural forest systems, Australian Forestry, 65(2): 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049158.2002.10674858
Young, E. (1995) Third World in the First. Development and Aboriginal peoples, Routledge, London, UK. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203318232
Young, E. (2001) Looking after country is men's and women's business: institutional support for Aboriginal land management, Dialogue, 20(2): 28-33.