There are many histories of the Cape York Peninsula and these may see the same events from differing perspectives.
The Conservation and Natural Heritage Assesment Project was one of the 24 projects undertaken as part of the CYPLUS Land Use Program.
Australia has long been an isolated evolutionary cradle of unique species of plants and animals. The evolutionarily recent invasion of a whole host of animal and plant species has caused significant problems for the ecosystem.
The Airborne Geophysical Survey Project had compiled and upgraded four major regional data sets from Cape York including magnetic, gamma-ray, gravity, and height of ground above sea level.
The Cape York Peninsula is a diverse and important region of tropical Australia covering 13,720,000 hectares.
The Cape York Peninsula is a diverse and important region of tropical Australia covering 13,720,000 hectares.
The land on the Cape York Peninsula has historically been utilised by different cultures for different uses. Aboriginal land use was managed by a complex set of cultural practices involving some ecological manipulation (principally by fire) and a degree of active resource replenishment.
What is ICIP?
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) means all parts of Indigenous knowledge and culture that you want protected and recognised including:
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