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Indigenous Rights and Water Resource Management: Not Just Another Stakeholder book cover

1st Edition

Indigenous Rights and Water Resource Management Not Just Another Stakeholder

By Katie O'Bryan Copyright 2019
282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge
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In an era of climate change, the need to manage our water resources effectively for future generations has become an increasingly significant challenge. Indigenous management practices have been successfully used to manage inland water systems around the world for thousands of years, and Indigenous people have been calling for a greater role in the management of water resources. As First Peoples... Read more

Introduction





1. Indigenous Rights in the International Context





Part I: Case Study – Australia





2. History of Water Law in Australia



3. Indigenous Participation in the Development of Australian Water Management Regimes



4. Native Title as a Source of Indigenous Water Management Rights



5. Other Commonwealth Legislation as a Source of Indigenous Water Management Rights



6. Overview of State and Territory Water Management Regimes





Part II: Case Study: Victoria





7. Indigenous Involvement in Water Management – the Water Act 1989 (Vic)



8. Victorian Indigenous Rights Legislation and the Management of Water Resources



9. Indigenous Participation in Water Management via Environmental and Land Management Legislation





Part III: Case Study: Aotearoa-New Zealand





10. History of Water Law in Aotearoa-New Zealand



11. Engaging with Māori Rights: Native Title, and the Resource Management Act 1991 (NZ)



12. Treaty Settlements





Part IV: The Way Forward





13. Legislative Reform Proposals



14. Lessons to be Learned



Biography

Katie O'Bryan is based in the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Melbourne.

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