Sentences with phrase «indigenous policy activity»

The Council of Australian Governments» (COAG) National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) is the benchmark agreement for Indigenous policy activity in Australia and includes an Indigenous Engagement Principle.

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They call on tropical nations to enact stronger land titling laws, enforce policies guaranteeing «free, prior, and informed consent» before outside groups undertake activities in indigenous - owned forests, and end persecution of anti-deforestation activists.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

The latter part is more original stuff, as I (i) make the case for how China's clean energy push is in fact consistent with its overall economic reform, e.g. Scientific Development, reduction of excess industrial capacity, natural resource price reform, western development, boosting domestic consumption, and Going Out strategy; (ii) describe China's activities in innovation and R&D and its desire to create, not just produce, energy technologies of the 21st century; (iii) address criticisms that China's «indigenous innovation» policies are protectionist in nature by pointing out the myopia of such observations from a US (or EU for that matter) policymakers point of view; (iv) provide thoughts about what the proper U.S. policy response should be.

Federal policies and programs including the Indigenous Heritage Program and Indigenous Protected Areas [37] are contributing to increasing the extent of recognition and land management activity on country.

These procedural rights are particularly significant in determining whether and at what level Indigenous people are engaged in negotiations concerning state - wide land use policy including water management, infrastructure, national parks, agricultural activities etc..

However, access to economic development for the Indigenous peoples of the Murray - Darling via their lands and waters has to date been significantly limited by the priority of water allocations being given to industrial and agricultural activities, and the policy barriers to having their rights to their lands, waters and natural resources recognised, including the recognition of native title.

Strategies: Develop policy in Indigenous Youth Forums; education initiatives that see the Education Department of Western Australia and department of Family and Children's services reporting all Indigenous outcomes to Council; providing access to support services such as sport and recreational cultural activities and initiatives.

The Report, however, aligns itself to DMPR's flawed policy by characterising the expedited procedure as a process where the government simply asserts expedition and then the onus is on Indigenous people «who believe the proposed... activities will have a significant impact on native title rights and interests».

[6] This and other activities had real impact: notably, the ALP in Opposition — and now in Government — had adopted much of the language and the approach of the Close the Gap Campaign in its Indigenous affairs policy by the time of the 2007 federal election.

This and other activities had real impact: notably, the ALP in Opposition — and now in Government — had adopted much of the language and the approach of the Campaign in its Indigenous affairs policy by the time of the 2007 federal election.