The Australian Indigenous-led bush products sector: Insights from the literature and recommendations for the future.

ABSTRACT: The development of an Australian Indigenous-led bush products sector presents opportunities for Indigenous Australians to create new livelihoods, and build on existing enterprises, based on their unique knowledge systems and long established socio-cultural and environmental management practices. This review draws on Australian literature from 2005 to 2018 to establish a better understanding of the benefits that could result from the development of this sector in northern Australia; identify the key challenges that need to be addressed to facilitate sector development; and identify possible solutions. Insights reveal that while there are significant, and potentially self-sustaining opportunities offered by the development of the sector, these are unlikely to be realised without appropriate

SUBMITTER: Jarvis D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651918 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature