Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia
Northern Australia is prone to recurring severe natural hazards, especially frequent cyclones, flooding, and extensive wildfires. The region is sparsely populated (≪ 0.5 persons km(−2)), with Indigenous (Aboriginal) residents comprising 14% of the population, and typically the majority in remote reg...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9481826 2023-05-15T16:16:26+02:00 Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia Russell-Smith, Jeremy James, Glenn Dhamarrandji, Alan Maratja Gondarra, Ted Burton, Danny Sithole, Bevlyne Campion, Otto Bulmaniya Hunter-Xenie, Hmalan Archer, Ricky Sangha, Kamaljit K. Edwards, Andrew C. 2022-06-27 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481826/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35759155 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01743-x en eng Springer Netherlands http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481826/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35759155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01743-x © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . CC-BY Ambio Perspective Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01743-x 2022-09-25T00:46:36Z Northern Australia is prone to recurring severe natural hazards, especially frequent cyclones, flooding, and extensive wildfires. The region is sparsely populated (≪ 0.5 persons km(−2)), with Indigenous (Aboriginal) residents comprising 14% of the population, and typically the majority in remote regions. Despite national policy committed to addressing emergency management (EM) in vulnerable Indigenous communities, implementation remains unfunded. We synthesise participatory intercultural research conducted over seven years exploring core challenges, opportunities and potential solutions towards developing effective EM partnerships. Similar EM engagement and empowerment issues face First Nations and local communities in many international settings. In search of solutions, we explore developing effective partnership arrangements between EM agencies and culturally diverse Indigenous communities. Observing that government already provides substantial investment in cultural and natural resource management programmes conducted by over 150 Indigenous Ranger Groups (IRGs) nationally, we demonstrate that expansion of IRG roles to incorporate EM community engagement and service delivery can provide multiple cost-effective community and business development benefits for many remote communities. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Ambio 51 11 2240 2260 |
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Northern Australia is prone to recurring severe natural hazards, especially frequent cyclones, flooding, and extensive wildfires. The region is sparsely populated (≪ 0.5 persons km(−2)), with Indigenous (Aboriginal) residents comprising 14% of the population, and typically the majority in remote regions. Despite national policy committed to addressing emergency management (EM) in vulnerable Indigenous communities, implementation remains unfunded. We synthesise participatory intercultural research conducted over seven years exploring core challenges, opportunities and potential solutions towards developing effective EM partnerships. Similar EM engagement and empowerment issues face First Nations and local communities in many international settings. In search of solutions, we explore developing effective partnership arrangements between EM agencies and culturally diverse Indigenous communities. Observing that government already provides substantial investment in cultural and natural resource management programmes conducted by over 150 Indigenous Ranger Groups (IRGs) nationally, we demonstrate that expansion of IRG roles to incorporate EM community engagement and service delivery can provide multiple cost-effective community and business development benefits for many remote communities. |
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Russell-Smith, Jeremy James, Glenn Dhamarrandji, Alan Maratja Gondarra, Ted Burton, Danny Sithole, Bevlyne Campion, Otto Bulmaniya Hunter-Xenie, Hmalan Archer, Ricky Sangha, Kamaljit K. Edwards, Andrew C. |
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Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia |
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