College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, Smithfield Campus, Room 216, Building A001, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia.
CSIRO Land and Water, Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Rd, Dutton Park, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Ambio. 2022 Jan;51(1):226-240. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01542-w. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
The development of an Australian Indigenous-led bush products sector presents opportunities for Indigenous Australians to create new livelihoods, and build on existing enterprises, based on their unique knowledge systems and long established socio-cultural and environmental management practices. This review draws on Australian literature from 2005 to 2018 to establish a better understanding of the benefits that could result from the development of this sector in northern Australia; identify the key challenges that need to be addressed to facilitate sector development; and identify possible solutions. Insights reveal that while there are significant, and potentially self-sustaining opportunities offered by the development of the sector, these are unlikely to be realised without appropriate actions to resolve knowledge and skills gaps and address significant social, cultural and legal challenges. We propose a conceptual framework for the appropriate, sustainable and self-sustaining growth of the sector and end with policy and research recommendations to support growth.
澳大利亚本土主导的灌木产品产业的发展为澳大利亚原住民提供了新的生计机会，并基于他们独特的知识体系和长期以来的社会文化和环境管理实践，在现有企业的基础上进一步发展。本综述借鉴了 2005 年至 2018 年澳大利亚的文献，旨在更好地了解澳大利亚北部发展这一产业可能带来的好处；确定需要解决的关键挑战，以促进该产业的发展；并确定可能的解决方案。研究结果表明，尽管该产业的发展提供了重大的、潜在可持续的机会，但如果不采取适当的行动来弥补知识和技能差距，并解决重大的社会、文化和法律挑战，这些机会不太可能实现。我们提出了一个概念框架，以促进该产业的适当、可持续和自我可持续增长，并以支持增长的政策和研究建议作为结尾。
