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Author: McDonald, Fergus × Start date: 2007 × Type: Masters Coursework thesis × Subject: Conservation ×

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    The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and Indigenous community-based natural and cultural resource management: a case study of the Fish River Savannah Burning Methodology Project
    McDonald, Fergus ( 2013)
    The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) represents a significant opportunity for Indigenous land owners and managers in Australia. This paper explores this opportunity through a specific case study of the Fish River Fire Project, the first and currently only approved CFI project on the Indigenous estate, and its broader reference to other potential Indigenous projects. This analysis is in terms of both the practical viability of the CFI as an opportunity to support Indigenous caring for country initiatives, and as a real means to allow Indigenous people to meet their own defined values, aspirations and lifeways. It is concluded that a number of key areas must be further addressed, and recommendations followed, so as to ensure that Indigenous rights and interests in this emerging environmental market are fully respected. These refer in particular to local ownership of CFI projects, and broader institutional support to ensure Indigenous aspirations and obligations can potentially coexist with commercial viability.