Kimberley Appropriate Economics Interim Report - Australian ...

• Shirley Brown from Mulan community
and Mark Ditcham, a KLC project
officer, spoke about the establishment of
the Paraku (Lake Gregory) Indigenous
Protected Area (IPA).
• Ismahl Croft, a Walmajarri man and
KALACC/KLC project officer, and
Joy Nuggett, a Walmajarri traditional
owner, spoke about the development of
the Great Sandy Desert IPA.
Small Group Workshop Discussions
After the workshop presentations, people
stayed in the small groups to talk about
appropriate development, and to identify
the key principles for making sure that
development is appropriate.
People in the workshops were asked to think
about what needs to happen for development
to be appropriate in this region, and what are
the reasons for the success and achievements
or failures of particular enterprises and
projects.
The Day One workshop discussions were
recorded and summarized. This information
was used to develop the Roundtable’s
Statement of Principles.
Day Two
Second Big Group Session
To start off the second day, the big group listened
to a summary of the things that were discussed in
the small group workshops held on Day One.
That was followed by presentations from the three
overseas guest speakers. These presentations
were about their experiences of appropriate
development in other parts of the world.
• Dr Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Vice Chair
of the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN)
Commission on Environmental, Economic
and Social Policy (CEESP), gave a history
of natural resource management and
outlined recent key changes in international
conservation policies. She then gave details
of some conservation programs from
overseas.
• Ian Gill, President of Ecotrust Canada, spoke
about the establishment and operations
of Ecotrust, a fund set up to help people
get financial backing for development
projects that are appropriate to the natural
environment.
• Leah George-Wilson, Chief of Tsleil-
Waututh First Nation, and a board member of
Ecotrust Canada, described the experiences
of the Tsleil-Waututh people, including the
development of a partnership with Ecotrust
Canada.
After the tea break, people stayed in the big
group, but talked with the other people at their
tables. They were given a draft list of principles
that had come from the Day One small group
workshops. They were asked to work together
to make comments about how these principles
should be written down.
The information collected from this session was
used to develop the list of principles.
Small Group Workshops for Day
Two — Coming up with Actions and
Principles
In the afternoon of Day Two, people went back
to those same small group workshops. They
were asked to identify the most important things
that should be done to carry the principles of
appropriate development into action.
These workshops came up with a summary of
the key actions put forward in each of the six
workshops.
Last Big Group Session
In the last big group session, people were asked
to provide final comments and suggestions
about the statement of principles and the list of
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