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Consideration Of First Nations’ Cultural Values In Mine Site Rehabilitation By Environmental Professionals, Will Kemp, Sean M. Bellairs, Janine Joyce, Jane Henderson
Consideration Of First Nations’ Cultural Values In Mine Site Rehabilitation By Environmental Professionals, Will Kemp, Sean M. Bellairs, Janine Joyce, Jane Henderson
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Rehabilitation of mined land on First Nations’ country after mine closure must achieve particular criteria to be considered successful. Generally, these conditions are based on achieving a habitable condition that is more or less similar to analogue sites or to the pre–mining state. Rehabilitating a site to a habitable condition requires the restoration of cultural values, as well as environmental and economic values. This study investigates the extent to which First Nations’ cultural values are considered in mine rehabilitation in northern Australia. Interviews were conducted with environment professionals who had experience rehabilitating mine sites on First Nations’ land in the …