Indigenous water management

Abstract

The idea for this special issue crystallised at the annual river conference, ‘Riversymposium’, in Brisbane in 2017. Riversymposium has for a number of years provided a supportive platform for the First Peoples of Australia (and elsewhere) to profile their efforts, achievements, knowledge, ideas and aspirations in the water arena. By 2017, there was sufficient interest in the topic of Indigenous water management to justify an entire parallel session at the conference, and related topics under the banner of ‘Indigenous or First nation’s water issues’, ‘cultural flows’ and ‘Indigenous water knowledge’ have since become standing themes in its annual programme.