Sean Kerins
Submission to the Review of the National Biodiversity Strategy: Indigenous people's involvement in conserving Australia's biodiversity
Topical Issue 8 / 2009
June 2009 -
This submission to the Review of the National Biodiversity Strategy challenges the adequacy of the Consultation Draft's coverage of the roles of Indigenous peoples in biodiversity management, and makes a number of recommendations drawing on current initiatives and available research.
Why the Northern Territory Government needs to support Outstations/Homelands in the Aboriginal, Northern Territory and National Interest
Topical Issue 17 / 2008
December 2008 - The Importance of Supporting Outstations
Why the Northern Territory Government needs to support Outstations/Homelands in the Aboriginal, Northern Territory and National Interest — Submission to the Northern Territory Government Outstation Policy Discussion Paper.
[16 December 2008]
Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport on Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges
Topical Issue 15 / 2008
December 2008 - Natural Resource Management
'Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport on Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges', focussing on natural and cultural resource management activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians.
[01 December 2008]
Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts inquiry into the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Topical Issue 13 / 2008
November 2008 - Environment Protection and Biodiversity
'Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts inquiry into the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999', exploring the fundamental significance of the peopled landscape or 'people on country' in the natural resource management of the Australian continent.
[28 November 2008]
Caring for Country: An overview of Aboriginal land management in the Top End of the Northern Territory
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Aboriginal People in the tropical savannah of the Northern Territory (NT) own 170,000 sq km of land including 85% of the coastline. Land and sea country have great cultural, economic and social significance to Aboriginal people, underpinning their culture and society. Aboriginal landowners continue to be reliant on the natural environment for both spiritual and physical well-being. Creation ancestors form part of a living landscape and practices such as hunting, foraging, burning, caring for sacred sites and ceremony have an important place in contemporary Aboriginal life.
Sean Kerins, Research Fellow
Research Interests
Seán has a background in applied anthropology. His research interests are community-based management of natural resources, common property rights, common property resource institutions, subsistence, political economy, wildlife utilisation and community development.
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