Health of people and land through sustainable Aboriginal livelihoods in rangeland Australia
Our research contributes to the engagement of global indigenous peoples with markets for environmental services and to improvements in their health and well being.We are developing principles and tools to support development of stronger livelihoods amongst Aboriginal peoples of Australian rangelands and we are quantifying associated economic outcomes.Indigenous people — Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders‐are only 2.3％ of Australias predominantly urban population.Twenty‐four percent of them live in the 71％ of the continent that is rangeland.Aboriginal peoples hold strong property rights to 27％ of rangelands.Their lands are typically marginal for livestock grazing but often have high value for conservation.Sixty‐nine percent of Australians consider that Aboriginal culture is an essential component of Australian society.They identify Aboriginal culture most strongly with the Aboriginal peoples of the rangelands.However rangeland Aboriginal people suffer poor health and life expectancy compared with mainstream society.This carries a social opportunity cost estimated at ＄ 1.5 billion annually in one jurisdiction with extensive Aboriginal owned rangelands‐the Northern Territory.
Aboriginal people environmental services health indicators Indigenous people livelihoods
Jocelyn Davies Michael LaFlamme David Campbell
Desert Know ledge Cooperative Research Centre and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems;POBox 2111,A lice S p Desert Know ledge Cooperative Research Centre and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Centre for Remote Health and Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）