Recasting solutions to the Murray-Darling Basin crisis: recognising and valuing the role of Indigenous people

该项目将调查水对墨累-达令盆地土著人民的重要性，研究水治理和管理变化对土著社区的影响，并借鉴国际和地方模式，评估有效和公平地解决土著人民对水的要求和承认的各种选择。它将测试土著水计划的可行性，以解决土著价值观和知识，使土著管理目标生效，并与法定水计划衔接。研究结果将有助于地理理论，改变水资源规划过程，提高土著影响分配决策，水资源政策和区域发展解决方案的能力。

This project will investigate the significance of water to Indigenous people of the Murray-Darling Basin, examine the effect of changes in water governance and management on Indigenous communities and draw on international and local models to evaluate options for effective and equitable means of addressing Indigenous claims for water and recognition. It will test the feasibility of Indigenous water plans to address Indigenous values and knowledge, give effect to Indigenous management objectives and articulate with statutory water plans. Results will contribute to geographical theory, transform water planning processes and enhance Indigenous capacity to influence allocation decisions, water policy and regional development solutions.