Tragic consequences for conservation of mis-defining the term ‘community’

Burgin, Shelley

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Tragic consequences for conservation of mis-defining the term ‘community’

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A milestone in community participation in environmental management in New South Wales was the introduction of the Catchment Management Act 1989. To oversee the strategic planning and implementation of natural resource management, the Act provided for a network of committees across the State composed of agency staff, stakeholders and community representatives. In the selection process for this network, the focus of stakeholder and community participation has been on ensuring appropriate representation, rather than merit, and in rural areas the term ‘community’ has been synonymised with ‘land holder/land user’. This definition of community has frequently resulted in environmental management being placed in the hands of sectional interests. In this paper the potential problems of this approach are discussed and examples provided.

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Anon. 1989 Catchment Management Act, No. 235. Government Printer, New South Wales.

Anon. 1994-95 Total Catchment Management Annual Report 1994-95. Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Burgin, S. 2000. Catchment management development in New South Wales. Presentation in Third International River Management Symposium, Brisbane, 6-8 September, 2000.

Simberloff, D. S., Cox, J., 1987. Consequences and costs of conservation corridors. Conservation Biology 1: 63-71.

Simberloff, D. S., Farr, J. A., Cox, J. and Mehlman, D. W., 1992. Movement corridors: conservation bargains or poor investments? Conservation Biology 6: 493-504.

Steven, M., 1988 First Impressions: the British Discovery of Australia. British Museum (Natural History), London.

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