The Northern Australia Water Futures Assessment (NAWFA) is an Australian Government initiative to provide the science needed for sustainable development and protection of Northern Australia’s water resources. One project undertaken as part of the NAWFA . The NAWFA Cultural and Social program funded a number of research projects to help fill some of the critical information gaps about Social and Cultural values associated with Australia’s Northern Rivers.
The TRaCK NAWFA Social and Cultural project was comprised of three research activities that were carried out by CSIRO, Charles Darwin University (CDU), James Cook University (JCU) and Griffith University (GU) as part of the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK) program:
Scientific Paper
August 2013
Using resident perceptions of values associated with the Australian Tropical Rivers to identify policy and management priorities
Larson, S., Stoeckl, N., Neil, B., & Welters, R. (2013). Using resident perceptions of values associated with the Australian Tropical Rivers to identify policy and management priorities. Ecological Economics, 94(C), 9-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.005
Report
April 2012
Indigenous water management in the upper Roper River, Northern Territory: history and implications for contemporary water planning (report)
Barber, M. and Jackson, S. 2012. Indigenous water management in the upper Roper River, Northern Territory: history and implications for contemporary water planning. CSIRO, Darwin.
Report
March 2012
Resident perceptions of the relative importance of socio-cultural, biodiversity, and commercial values in Australia’s Tropical Rivers
Report
April 2011
Indigenous water values and water planning in the upper Roper River, Northern Territory (report)
Barber, M. and Jackson, S. 2011. Indigenous water values and water planning in the upper Roper River, Northern Territory. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship
