The Voice of the Regions
July 2006
There is a strong Indigenous theme running through this edition of the Voice of the Regions.
The need to integrate the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people into natural resource management has become increasingly apparent.
And the Urquart family's declaration that their land is "more than just a piece of dirt" shows that farming and conservation should be inextricably linked.
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
Integrating traditional environmental knowledge
Girringun Aboriginal Corporation has been systematically collecting traditional environmental knowledge and other natural resource data for more than eight years using on-site informants, oral histories and archaeological and anthropological sources. From this data, they have produced cultural/natural resource mapping and related products... read more.
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Expo recognises kids as the future
More than 700 primary school children from the Gympie region shared their ideas and experienced first-hand the issues of natural resource management during the recent Kidzone Environmental Expo... read more.
FNQ NRM
Keeping track of cultural heritage in the Wet Trop
FNQ NRM and the Aboriginal Rainforest People of the Wet Tropics are working together to identify and record cultural heritage in their region... read more.
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
"Our land is more than just a bit of dirt"
The Urquhart family, of Moonie, were one of several landholders who successfully applied for funding through QMDC's Bush Tender... read more.
SCP successfully delivering on-ground results
The Queensland Murray-Darling Committee, in conjunction with Landcare coordinators throughout the region, has been providing technical and financial support to landholders to help them assess on-ground problems and come up with their own solutions... read more.
SEQ Catchments
Chinese Foresters visit South East Queensland
SEQ Catchments recenly hosted a delegation of foresters from the Qinghai province in North West China... read more.
Indigenous Australians taking up the Challenge
A pilot Indigenous training program in the Ipswich and Bremer area is providing a model for economic empowerment that could be replicated across Indigenous communities in Queensland... read more.
Signs show off the natural and cultural qualities
North Stradbroke Island Sustainable Tourism Committee have awarded funding to educate visitors on the natural and cultural features of the island... read more.
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Last updated 20 July 2006