Posted: August 17th, 2016

Explain what ‘Indigenous engagement’ is likely to mean in natural and cultural resource management contexts.

Explain what ‘Indigenous engagement’ is likely to mean in natural and cultural resource management contexts. Provide an assessment of the necessity of engagement by government agencies, business and NGOs with Indigenous stakeholders in land and sea management. What are the implications for natural and cultural resource management agencies of successful and unsuccessful engagement of Indigenous stakeholders? Preparation: marks for appropriate wider reading will be applicable. Presentation: provide a suitable introduction that provides an overview of the explanations you provide, arguments you develop and conclusions you make. Provide a cogent argument to support your claims. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS. Howitt, R 2001. Rethinking Resource Management: Justice, Sustainability and Indigenous Peoples, Routlege, London, Chapter 1: Worlds Turned upside­down pp. 3 ­ 72. Bradley, J. J. (2001). Landscapes of the Mind, Landscapes of the Spirit: Negotiating a Sentient Landscape. In R. Baker, J. Davies & E. Young (Eds.), Working on Country: Contemporary Indigenous Management of Australia’s Lands and Coastal Regions (pp. 295­307). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.Available for loan at CDU Casuarina and Batchelor librarie AhChin, W 2005. From Strategy to Reality: A Model for Community Engagement, presentation at the International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, 14 ­ 17 August, viewed 1st Mar 2008. Andriof J & Waddock S 2002. ‘ Unfolding stakeholder engagement’ in J Andriof, S Waddock, B Husted and SS Rahman, (eds) Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking: Theory, Responsibility and Engagement, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield. Payne, SL, & Calton JM 2002. ‘Towards a Managerial Practice of Stakeholder engagement: Developing multi­stakeholder learning dialogues’ in J Andriof, S Waddock, B Husted and SS Rahman, (eds) Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking: Theory, Responsibility and Engagement, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield. Abrahams, H 2005 ‘Devolution Enhances Integration’ Australasian Journal of Environmental