Central Land Council
in this section
CLC Press Releases
- 14 Augyust 2008 2008
- Communities have their say on intervention ›› more
- 31 July 2008 2008
- Fairfax news in bad taste ›› more
- 24 July 2008 2008
- election: accountability needed ›› more
- 17 July 2008 2008
- Royal commission needed into NT funding ›› more
- 11 July 2008 2008
- Simpson Desert: the last land rights claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act ›› more
- 8 July 2008 2008
- Sacred site damage at Wilora ›› more
- 30 May 2008
- Seal the Mereenie Loop Road Now ›› more
- 27 May 2008
- Angela Pamela Negotiations ›› more
- 9 May 2008
- Angela Pamela and the native title process ›› more
- 18 February 2008
- Coalition should support permit system ›› more
- 15 February 2008
- Politicians threaten to derail fresh start ›› more
- 22 January 2008
- Police ignorance upsets Lajamanu community ›› more
- 26 November 2007
- Optimism for a fresh consensual approach on Aboriginal affairs ›› more
- 21 November 2007
- Concerns over Central Petroleum tactics ›› more
Land Management
Increasingly Aboriginal people are approaching the CLC with proposals for projects involving pastoral and tourism developments, ranger programs and other land management activities.
These projects provide some of the few opportunities for economic development for Aboriginal people in remote areas.
The majority of Aboriginal land in the Central Australian region is remote, ecologically fragile, arid or semi-arid with little surface water and is often inaccessible.
Most of this land was once seen by Europeans to be of little economic value with just 14 per cent considered suitable for pastoralism.
However, this land retains its traditional importance and spiritual significance to its Aboriginal owners and is of immense importance to their cultural and social wellbeing
The vast tracts of Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory are unique from a conservation and biodiversity perspective. Unlike other states the NT retains significant areas which remain uncleared and relatively undisturbed yet a number of its bioregions are poorly represented. Some of these areas, for example, the Tanami, are entirely on Aboriginal land. The national priority to create a comprehensive, adequate and representative system across the regions can only be met with ongoing conservation efforts by traditional landowners in the vast, remote areas of Aboriginal land in Central Australia . HEALTHY COUNTRY, HEALTHY PEOPLE
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Within the Central Land Council region of the Northern Territory, Aboriginal people currently hold inalienable freehold title to 385,607 square kilometres of land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 These lands cover 49.5% of the CLC region and include former Aboriginal reserves, previously unalienated Crown land claimed and granted under the Land Rights Act and 12 former pastoral leases purchased by Aboriginal interests and subsequently claimed under the Act. |
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