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

在澳大利亚的墨累-达令盆地，为环境恢复水正义的努力集中在湿地和洪泛区自然价值的环境流量上。但是，环境水资源管理者和原住民社区组织之间也出现了为“国家”供水的合作伙伴关系。在耗资 1.8 亿澳元的 Gayini Nimmie-Caira 节水项目中，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，旨在提供环境流量、保护原住民文化遗产并确保长期- 长期可持续土地管理。一个由环境非政府组织、原住民和科学组织组成的财团成功投标长期管理 88 个、000 公顷土地，Gayini Nimmie-Caira。本案例研究用于从 Nari Nari 人、Gayini Nimmie-Caira 的传统监护人的角度讨论水（和土地）正义，以及该模型对其他地区的适用性。