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AUDIO Indigenous land and sea management network launched
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1706353/Indigenous-land-and-sea-management-network-launche
30 OCT 2012,  BIWA KWAN, SBS RADIO Indigenous rangers from Australia are visiting Canada to help launch a global
network of indigenous land and sea managers.

They say the development reflects a growing international demand for their knowledge to deal with environmental problems.

Daniel Oades is one of three indigenous rangers to visit the first
nations chiefs in Canada to exchange knowledge on land management…..
Melissa George, chair of the federal government’s Indigenous
Environment Committee, says Indigenous land management knowledge is
now being applied to modern day problems like carbon emission
reduction.

“There’s been well a huge project happening in the north course of an
event burning project and essentially it’s been working Indigenous
communities to change the time of year that they generally burn. So
from hot or dry season fires to slow-burning fires in different parts
of the year.”

The exchange has been organised in partnership with the Pew
Environment Group and forms the first stage in the launch of a global
network for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Land and Sea
Managers.

Australia has led the initiative and recruited Brazil, Norway and New
Zealand at the Rio+20 sustainable development

November 1, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized