We have projects currently underway and proposed for Kaanju homelands and all are contained under the umbrella of our Kaanju Homelands Land and Resource Management Framework.
To facilitate a number of the projects Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation has developed and is in the process of developing collaborative research arrangements with several individuals and organisations. These include: Nick Smith (Ethno-botanist), Dr Benjamin Smith (Anthropologist), Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the Australian National University, and the Cooperative Resource Centre (CRC) Tropical Savannas, the Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management (CINCRM) and the Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management (KCTWM) at Charles Darwin University.
Kaanju traditional owner and Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation Chairman, Mr David Claudie, was the Inaugural 2003 CAEPR Indigenous Visiting Fellow. During the two week fellowship a number of projects and proposals initiated by Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation were discussed and contacts made for ongoing and future collaborative research with CAEPR and other centres at the Australian National University. Mutually beneficial contacts and relationships were also formed with indigenous groups from other areas of Australia including traditional owners of the Mount Grenfell area in western New South Wales. A further outcome of the fellowship was a seminar and a CAEPR Discussion Paper No.256/2003, Developing a land and resource management framework for Kaanju Homelands, central Cape York: Opportunities and challenges, written by David Claudie and Benjamin Smith. This paper is available from the CAEPR web site.
