ABSTRACT

In Australia’s Murray–Darling Basin, efforts to restore water justice for the environment have focused on environmental flows for natural values of wetlands and floodplains. But there has also been an emergence of collaborative partnerships between environmental water managers and First Nations community organizations to water ‘Country’. The A$180 million Gayini Nimmie-Caira water-saving project saw the New South Wales and Australian governments purchase 19 properties on the Lowbidgee Floodplain, together with associated water rights, with the aim of delivering environmental flows, protecting First Nations cultural heritage and ensuring long-term sustainable land management. A consortium of environmental non-governmental organizations, First Nations and scientific organizations successfully tendered for the long-term management of the 88,000 ha property, Gayini Nimmie-Caira. This case study is used here to discuss water (and land) justice from the perspective of the Nari Nari people, the Traditional Custodians of Gayini Nimmie-Caira and the applicability of this model to other regions.

摘要

在澳大利亚的默里-达令盆地，为使环境恢复水公平而进行的努力主要集中在湿地和洪泛区自然价值的环境流量上。但是，环境水管理者与原住民社区组织之间为“国家”供水的合作伙伴关系也出现了。这项耗资1.8亿澳元的Gayini Nimmie-Caira节水项目使新南威尔士州和澳大利亚政府购买了Lowbidgee洪泛区的19处房产以及相关的水权，目的是提供环境流量，保护原住民文化遗产并确保长期居住长期可持续土地管理。由环境非政府组织，原住民和科学组织组成的财团成功竞标了88个 Gayini Nimmie-Caira的000公顷财产。本文使用此案例研究从Nari Nari人民，Gayini Nimmie-Caira的传统保管人以及该模型在其他地区的适用性的角度讨论水（和土地）正义。