[31] Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre, Eureka win for
Arnhem Land Fire Project, Savanna Links, Issue 34, 2007.
In the Native Title Report 2007 my predecessor profiled the Western
Arnhem Land fire management (WALFA) project.
The Western
Arnhem Land Fire Abatement program with Conoco Phillips is one such initiative with the Maningrida (Djeld) IPA in preparation.
Winner of the 2007 Eureka Prize for innovative solutions to climate change, the Western
Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) project, utilises traditional fire burning practices to reduce carbon emissions and generate income for local communities.
Agreement making may also provide opportunities for Indigenous people to partner with industry and government and generate investment in offsets arising from land management, caring for country and wildfire management such as the Western
Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project.
For example, the West
Arnhem Land Fire Abatement project took up to ten years to develop.
Not exact matches
WALFA produces a carbon abatement1 from improved
fire management in West
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, that has been sold in a ground - breaking commercial agreement that is based on traditional Indigenous ecological knowledge.
The
Fire Abatement Project in Western
Arnhem Land, where savannah burning is mitigating wild
fires, has resulted in a tradable carbon offset.
The other study is an innovative use of traditional
fire burning practices in
Arnhem Land to generate income through reducing carbon in the atmosphere.