2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/20/2019 | 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA | 151 DEF
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
The wet-dry tropics in northern Australia cover about 25% of the country but contain more than 50% of the country’s water resources. Recent studies have highlighted the potential to increase in the nation’s irrigated land by 50% by developing the water resources of northern Australia. This has stimulated great interest in the potential of northern Australia as a “food bowl”. However, research over the past decade has provided new information on the ecological and socio-cultural values of the water in these rivers. We summarise the recent studies which reveal that the water in these rivers is already being used to support healthy river ecosystems, Indigenous livelihoods, and recreation and commercial fisheries. This food production is not well recognised, is not valued and is therefore easily traded-off. We argue that re-framing the debate around northern development to include consideration of all components of the food production systems in these catchments could help to inform a sustainable future for the regions water resources.
- Social Values
- Environmental Regulation
- Dams
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Michael Douglas
(), University of Western Australia & Charles Darwin University, michael.douglas@uwa.edu.au;
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Sue Jackson
(), Australian Rivers Institute and Griffith University, sue.jackson@griffith.edu.au;
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