A Caring for Country
Plan was published in December, 2005. It is a landmark
document addressing Traditional Owner involvement in NRM throughout
the region.
The Caring for Country Plan was developed in extensive
consultation with Traditional Owner groups located in the Burdekin
Dry Tropics Region.
The Caring for Country Plan was developed because
the primary focus of the BDTNRM Plan was primarily resource
condition.This often excluded the social, economic, cultural and
institutional issues so integral to natural resource management in
a Traditional Owner context.
To address these equally
important issues, and to ensure that Traditional Owner aspirations
for Natural Resource Management are adequately represented, a
Traditional
Owner Plan was developed to complement and add value to the
Regional NRM Plan.