NAILSMA — the North Australian Land and Sea
Management Alliance — now has its own presence on the web.
NAILSMA was established in 2003 and is a partnership of Indigenous
groups from across northern Australia.
The Alliance supports practical Indigenous land and sea
management by Traditional Owners in caring for their country. In
the past two years it has held two major land management
forums — bringing together Indigenous land managers from
the Kimberley to Cape York. You can find information on NAILSMA's
formation, its objectives, as well as descriptions of its research
projects and programs. Kantri Laif, NAILSMA's bi-annual
newsletter is also online, where you can read about the diverse
work being undertaken by the north's Ranger groups and land
councils.
NAILSMA's latest reports are online, and all can be downloaded
from the site. They include a study into Indigenous people and
tropical rivers, a knowledge handbook on marine turtles and
dugongs, and a scoping study into the role Indigenous people can
play in biosecurity. Strategic discussion papers and reports are
also available.
