Principles and guidelines for good practice in Indigenous engagement in water planning

Jackson, Sue; Tan, Poh-Ling; Mooney, Carla; Hoverman, Suzanne; White, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.015

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“…The significance and complexity of contemporary subsistence depicted in the qualitative models represented here underscore the need for careful attention to local circumstances and local aspirations. Participatory modeling has been shown to be useful in generating inclusive dialog about system components and management interventions (Tidwell et al 2004, Jackson et al 2012b, Barber and Jackson 2015, as well as in fostering broader and longer term social learning (Hare 2011). A participatory modeling process that incorporates the views and knowledge of indigenous participants as part of a move from generic to specific representations would be a logical next step.…”

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confidence: 99%

The persistence of subsistence: qualitative social-ecological modeling of indigenous aquatic hunting and gathering in tropical Australia

Barber¹,

Jackson²,

Dambacher³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT. Subsistence remains critical to indigenous people in settler-colonial states such as Australia, providing key foundations for indigenous identities and for wider state recognition. However, the drivers of contemporary subsistence are rarely fully articulated and analyzed in terms of likely changing conditions. Our interdisciplinary team combined past research experience gained from multiple sites with published literature to create two generalized qualitative models of the socio-cultural and environmental influences on indigenous aquatic subsistence in northern Australia. One model focused on the longer term (inter-year to generational) persistence of subsistence at the community scale, the other model on shorter term (day to season) drivers of effort by active individuals. The specification of driver definitions and relationships demonstrates the complexities of even generalized and materialist models of contemporary subsistence practices. The qualitative models were analyzed for emergent properties and for responses to plausible changes in key variables: access, habitat degradation, social security availability, and community dysfunction. Positive human community condition is shown to be critical to the long-term persistence of subsistence, but complex interactions of negative and positive drivers shape subsistence effort expended at the individual scale and within shorter time frames. Such models enable motivations, complexities, and the potential management and policy levers of significance to be identified, defined, causally related, and debated. The models can be used to augment future models of human-natural systems, be tested against case-specific field conditions and/or indigenous perspectives, and aid preliminary assessments of the effects on subsistence of changes in social and environmental conditions, including policy settings.

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The persistence of subsistence: qualitative social-ecological modeling of indigenous aquatic hunting and gathering in tropical Australia

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Jackson²,

Dambacher³

et al. 2015

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“…At this point more attention was given to Indigenous rights and interests in water and, in 2004, more than a decade after the Mabo decision, national water policy included a number of clauses aimed at improving Indigenous participation in water planning and access to water [19]. However, these were narrowly prescribed, discretionary and no restitutionary measures were introduced.…”

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“…When the first national water policy was negotiated in the 1990s, Indigenous organisations were not consulted and recent studies confirm that Indigenous expectations in this regard are not being met [9,19,33]. In direct response to the changes in governance described above, a number of organisations and alliances have formed to represent and advocate specifically for Indigenous interests.…”

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The cultural politics of environmental water management in Australia

Jackson¹

2015

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Australian water policy is a world leader in the area of environmental water management, having established a legal requirement to provide environmental flows in all jurisdictions. Indigenous advocates are closely examining the various policy options developed to acquire water for the environment for their social justice potential. In the pursuit of opportunities to secure water for Indigenous use, they argue that instruments that deliver water to the environment could serve as model institutions through which to redress the historical neglect of Indigenous water rights and the transparently inequitable distribution of water. Deploying a political strategy that is seen by some Indigenous groups as analogous to the struggle for recognition of the rights of aquatic ecosystems to water, considerable effort is going to the development of water entitlements to protect 'culture' (termed 'cultural flows') and tradeable entitlements under the control of Indigenous communities. In water scarce and over-allocated regions, market-based water buy-back programs are perhaps more politically feasible than claims to water based on human-rights norms. This paper will describe the Indigenous water rights strategies developing in Australia under neoliberal environmental governance regimes, showing how influential the discourse of environmental flows and marketization have been on attitudes to water, water distribution, definitions of water rights and notions of justice in water governance. Grounded in political ecology, the analysis will reveal cultural biases in the environmental water management sector and the consequences for minority groups seeking to have their water needs met and their distinct ontological perspectives on water recognised.

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“…These are three specific examples from approximately 17 000 studies on collaborative, integrative, and participatory water research globally in the past 20 years. There has been research on public perceptions and involvement in the management of storm water (Giacalone, Mobley, Sawyer, Witte, & Eidson, 2010), drinking water (Jones et al, 2005), wastewater (Alexander, 2011;Evans & Varma, 2009), watersheds (Chess, Hance, & Gibson, 2000), Indigenous involvement in water planning (Baird et al, 2013;S. Jackson, Tan, & Altman, 2009) and shared riparian zones (Scoullos, 2012).…”

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“…Jackson, Tan, & Altman, 2009) and shared riparian zones (Scoullos, 2012). There are also many forums and meetings that involve stakeholders, such as the Indigenous Fresh Water Planning Forum in Canberra, Australia (S. Jackson, et al, 2009). …”

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Views on Water Management from Students of Different Faculties at the University of Calgary: Developing Water Policies Using Focus Groups

Noga¹,

Wolbring²

2014

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Public participation in water management provides greater understanding of the challenges faced by a community and often leads to greater uptake of any new policies. Water management is a critical part of water security, and water management benefits from public participation. The objective of this research is to gain insight into the perceptions of water held by students at University of Calgary, and their beliefs about water management in Calgary. Focus groups were conducted with Engineering, Medical Science, Environmental Science, and Economics students of the University of Calgary. The focus groups were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The majority of the discussion was about decreasing Calgary's current water consumption and ways to go about doing this. This included discussion about the price of water, the use of water-efficient technology, legal regulations, incentives, and increasing awareness about water issues. Each student group had some predominant discussion and ideas unique to their group, and similarities were found amongst the different programs, particularly between the Engineering and Environmental Science groups. The students considered water as primarily a natural resource and a public resource, and some groups also agreed that water is a human right. The ideas about water management indicate that the students wish to see water used more sustainably, however the groups debated different methods for introducing change based on what kind of intervention was thought to be the most effective. The perspectives of the students offered a range of ideas that could provide insight into future management.

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Principles and guidelines for good practice in Indigenous engagement in water planning

Cited by 103 publications

References 12 publications

The persistence of subsistence: qualitative social-ecological modeling of indigenous aquatic hunting and gathering in tropical Australia

The persistence of subsistence: qualitative social-ecological modeling of indigenous aquatic hunting and gathering in tropical Australia

The cultural politics of environmental water management in Australia

Views on Water Management from Students of Different Faculties at the University of Calgary: Developing Water Policies Using Focus Groups

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