Journal article
Australia’s agreements with the international community and its performance with regard to the rights of Indigenous peoples
GEOView: Online Undergraduate Review of Geography and Environmental Studies, Vol.2011, pp.1-13
2011
Abstract
By ratifying Agenda 21, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Millennium Development Goals, Australia made binding agreements with the global community with regard to the rights of Indigenous peoples. Despite this commitment, Australia's governmental and governance structures continue to deny many Indigenous people the principles of equitable natural resource management and its benefits, as defined in the international conventions. Highlighting a trepang survey in Arnhem Land, a rural Indigenous community in Eidsvold and proposals from the Waitangi Tribunal, this essay discusses Australia's obligations to the international community and analyses its performance in relation to Indigenous equity and well-being.
Details
- Title
- Australia’s agreements with the international community and its performance with regard to the rights of Indigenous peoples
- Authors
- Michelle N Saunders (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- GEOView: Online Undergraduate Review of Geography and Environmental Studies, Vol.2011, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- Date published
- 2011
- ISSN
- 1448-6482
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2011 Michelle Saunders. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449418802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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