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Membership

Membership of the NGRMG is open and managed via five sectoral groups. The group must at all times provide accountability to the Northern Gulf stakeholders and communities.


Etheridge Shire Council

Local Government


Lotus Flower

Conservation  

  • Definition:
    • Work for nature conservation and protection of the total environment in the Northern Gulf Region.
  • Criteria:                      
    1. To provide a coordinating role for groups and individuals working for, or interested in, nature conservation and environment protection in the Northern Gulf.
    2. Through the NGRMG, to educate the public and landholders in the Northern Gulf in the principles and values of ecological sustainability.
    3. To work for, encourage and foster the conservation, protection, enhancement and sustainable use of the natural environment.
    4. To assist the NGRMG in obtaining and disseminating information about the environment.
    5. To advocate nature conservation and protection of the total environment to business, industry and the community of the Northern Gulf.
    6. To assist in the development of, and promotion of, environmental research appropriate to the objectives of the NGRMG.
    7. To engage in discussions, and where appropriate, co-operate with any organisation in Australia or elsewhere for the furtherance of the foregoing objectives.
    8. To fully recognise the native title rights and traditional land relationships of the Aboriginal people of the Northern Gulf and to work in consultation with rightful Indigenous Communities in regards to identification, protection and management of the conservation values of traditional lands and waters.

Abingdon Downs Station: Photo courtesy of Michael Digby

Industry

  • Definition:
    • A person nominated by a Group or Organisation (where an industry body does not exist an individual may apply) who represents, and has expertise in, an industry that generates an income from the natural resources in the Northern Gulf natural resource planning area.
  • Criteria:
    1. As an organisation – must have expertise and represent a group of individuals that have industry enterprises that earn considerable income in the Northern Gulf region.
    2. As an individual – must be an industry enterprise that is earning considerable income in the Northern Gulf region.
  • Current Members:

Irvinebank Landcare Group: photo courtesy of the Mitchell River Watershed Management Group

Community


Indigenous Group Coordinator Ron Archer during GPS training

Indigenous

  • Definition:
    • The Indigenous Sector are representatives of Traditional Owners in the Northern Gulf natural resource planning area.
  • Criteria:
    1. Must be nominated by Members of a Traditional Owner Group in the Northern Gulf region to represent that Traditional Owner Group.
    2. The Applicant should provide details of any Memberships held in the Regional, State or National Indigenous Groups/Organisations.
  • Current Members
    • Bar-Barrum Aboriginal Corporation Incorporated
    • Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation
    • Kuku Djungan
    • Kurtijar Aboriginal Corporation
    • Tagalaka Aboriginal Corporation
    • Tagalaka Land Council
    • Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation

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