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Research Action 2 Action 3 the region and its people, and fits the Statement of Principles. These guidelines would be developed with the priorities set by communities for development in their area. They would closely follow the State Sustainability Strategy. The State Government would be asked to publicly commit to the Guidelines (possibly through a framework agreement). Develop a long term, integrated, and co-operative research program that includes providing research results to the Kimberley community. People at the Roundtable felt that research in the region should focus on the big picture and the long-term, and should involve local people at all levels, including research planning and reporting. Research should be driven by the communities in the region, and respond to their needs. Research projects should be done in partnership with local people or organisations wherever possible. Results should be available to everyone, and local people should have control over the information they provide for research. Cooperative Research Centres (CRC’s) could play a big role in research. Conduct a survey of local community interest in sustainable agriculture or other development. People at the Roundtable thought that local communities should be asked if they are interested in developing sustainable enterprises, including agriculture. Their ideas would help in planning for infrastructure and support. The State Government’s New Opportunities for Tropical Pastoralism and Agriculture (NOTPA) program could provide a basis for this research. Support and Integration Action 4 Establish systems and structures to promote, assist and support new and existing sustainable and appropriate enterprises. People at the Roundtable thought it would be useful to develop ways for local people to support each other in their businesses and enterprises. There were many ideas about how this could work. Communities engaged in sustainable agriculture could start up co-operatives to help sell their products and to provide information and support. New ideas and projects could be lined up with successful community development programs that are already up and running, so that people can share information and work side by side. Successful business people could be encouraged and supported to help others set up and run their businesses. People or organisations could work together in a coordinated research approach, driven by communities, that would benefit everyone. Tour operators from the Fitzroy Valley could form a steering committee to make decisions and recommendations about tourism 22
development, and to help people get new projects off the ground. Resources from a number of places could be combined. This would increase co-operation among projects, help show the need for local and regional networking, and allow for good planning and management of new areas of enterprise. All of these things would put trust in the capacity of people to manage their own affairs. Conservation Areas Action 5 Develop processes that promote and support culturally appropriate conservation areas. People at the Roundtable felt that it would be good to see if some land can be registered as conservation agreement areas under the CALM Act. This would allow people to try for funding to help with new and cultural enterprises. Key groups could be established to promote strong, long term support for conservation and environmental and cultural maintenance. Planning Action 6 Investigate, develop, and implement planning processes that include Kimberley people as the main stakeholders and decision makers. People placed a high priority on planning for the Kimberley region, and were strong about making sure local people were included at all levels of planning. On the Ground Initiatives and Activities Action 7 Promote and support on ground initiatives managed and operated by local people. People at the Roundtable felt that it was important to the whole region to know about, assist, promote, and support on ground initiatives that are already operating. People running successful projects could visit other groups to share information, learn about new ideas, and see what others are achieving. This would help to develop confidence and pride in these valuable initiatives, provide a kick start for pilot projects, and show good examples to people starting up new projects. Kimberley people and organisations could push for changes to some on the ground projects to make sure that they are managed and operated by local people, and that the work is done by local people. Action 8 Develop ‘quality and integrity’ control systems for tourism activities, which include the Roundtable’s ‘Statement of Principles’ for Kimberley development. People at the Roundtable felt it was important that Kimberley enterprises operated to a good standard, especially in following the Statement of Principles for sustainable development. One way to do this in tourism would be to develop a system of licensing or accreditation for tour operators in the Fitzroy Valley. This would be helped by running interpretation workshops with Traditional Owners to make sure operators accessing important sites know all the important protocols and rules. 23
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Page 39 and 40: Keynote Address Wayne Bergmann, Exe
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Page 43 and 44: Ian Lowe President, Australian Cons
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76 APPENDIX F TABLE OF PRESENTERS
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78 APPENDIX H ROUNDTABLE SPONSORS A
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