Sustainable development for traditional inhabitants of the Torres Strait Region, 1991

Proceedings of the Torres Strait Baseline Study Conference Kewarra Beach, Cairns, Queensland 19 - 23 November 1990
Edited by David Lawrence and Tim Cansfield-Smith

COVER PAGE [Adobe Acrobat Format 88.30KB]

CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 315.53KB]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 517.21KB]

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS [Adobe Acrobat Format 253.80KB]

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• Sustainable Development for Traditional Inhabitants of the Torres Strait Region. Graeme Kelleher, Chairman Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 802.68KB]

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TORRES STRAIT REGION

1. Planning & Management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Wendy Craik Planning & Management, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 608.99KB]
2. The Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Coastal Land Use in Papua New Guinea. Marjorie Sullivan Department of Sociology, University of Papua New Guinea [Adobe Acrobat Format 2289.87KB]
3. Sedimentation at the Juncture of the Fly River Delta and Northern Great Barrier Reef. Peter T Harris Ocean Sciences Institute, University of Sydney [Adobe Acrobat Format 2373.66KB]
4. Copper and Zinc Distribution in the Sediments of the Fly River Delta and Torres Strait. Elaine K Baker Ocean Sciences Institute, University of Sydney [Adobe Acrobat Format 793.84KB]
5. Environmental Investigations on the Effects of the Ok Tedi Copper Mine in the Fly River System. A Murray Eagle and Roger J Higgins Ok Tedi Mining Limited [Adobe Acrobat Format 1728.79KB]
6. Staged Development and Environmental Management of the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea. Charles W Ross Porgera Joint Venture [Adobe Acrobat Format 971.74KB]
7. A Review of the Physical Oceanography of Torres Strait. Eric Wolanski Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 812.26KB]
8. South Pacific Regional Environmental Program Marine Coastal Pollution Study SPREP-POL). Nicholas A Currey and Walter I Benko, National Analysis Laboratory Papua New Guinea University of Technology [Adobe Acrobat Format 905.19KB]
9. Australian and Some International Food Standards for Heavy Metals. George Rayment, AgricuIturaI Chemistry Branch Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries [Adobe Acrobat Format 847.55KB]
10. Processes Influencing the Fate of Trace Metals in Torres Strait: A Review of Current Data and Concepts. T David Waite and Ron Szymczak Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation [Adobe Acrobat Format 1477.23KB]

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TORRES STRAIT REGION

12. The Status of the Dugong in Torres Strait. Helene Marsh and Keith Saafeld Zoology Department, James Cook University of North Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 710.92KB]
13. A Review of Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries’ Research on Commercial Prawn Species in Tones Strait. Clive Turnbull Fisheries Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries [Adobe Acrobat Format 135.56KB]
14. Biological Oceanographic Measurements in the Torres Strait and Far Northern Great Barrier Reef. Miles J Furnas Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 1023.37KB]
15. Torres Strait Marine Turtle Resources. Jeffrey D Miller and Col J Limpus Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service [Adobe Acrobat Format 987.94KB]
16. Ciguatoxin in the Marine Biota as a Model for the Movement of Metals. Michael F Capra, Andrew W Flowers and Scott T Hahn School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology [Adobe Acrobat Format 96.41KB]
17. Australia’s Fisheries Research in the Torres Strait. Protected Zone. Geofi C Williams and Derek J Staples Bureau of Rural Resources [Adobe Acrobat Format 791.09KB]
18. The Artisanal Turtle Fishery in Daru, Papua New Guinea. Donna Kwan Department of Zoology, James Cook University of North Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 193.74KB]
19. Benthic and Pelagic Processes in the Fly River Delta and the Nearshore Gulf of Papua. Alistar I Robertson and Daniel M Alongi Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 881.30KB]
20. Research for Sustainable Development of the Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery in Torres Strait, Roland Pitcher CSIRO Division of Fisheries [Adobe Acrobat Format 668.95KB]
21. Biological Investigations into the Impact of the Ok Tedi Copper Mine. Ross E W Smith Ok Tedi Mining Limited [Adobe Acrobat Format 2506.98KB]
22. Torres Strait Fisheries Management. Mark Elmer, Queensland Fish Management Authority Robert Coles, Australian Fisheries Service [Adobe Acrobat Format 899.11KB]
23. Rock Lobster Fisheries: Enhanced commercial yields by artificial shelters. Bruce F Phillips, CSIRO Marine Laboratories Chris Crossland, CSIRO Institute of Natural Resources and Environment [Adobe Acrobat Format 608.63KB]
24. Trace Element Profiles of Clams (Tridacna crocea) Gathered from Various Sites in Tones Strait. Gerry Murphy, Clive Turnbull, Robert Manning and Robert. Pearson Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries [Adobe Acrobat Format 552.47KB]
25. Tridacna: Sentinels of Heavy Metal Pollution in Torres Strait Waters - a Critical Evaluation. Gary R W Denton and Leroy F Heitz Water & Energy Research Institute of the Western Pacific, University of Guam [Adobe Acrobat Format 1732.21KB]

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT OF THE TORRES STRAIT REGION

27. Maza A Legend about Culture and the Sea Judith Fitzpatrick Tropical Health Program, University of Queensland Medical School [Adobe Acrobat Format 1000.70KB]
28. The Eastern Islands of the Torres Strait. Jeremy Beckett Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney [Adobe Acrobat Format 675.82KB]
29. Wopkaimin Landowners, the Ok Tedi Project and the Creation of the Fly River Socio-ecological Region. David Hyndmun Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 952.43KB]
30. The Subsistence Economy of the Kiwai-speaking People of the Southwest Coast of Papua New Guinea. David Lawrence Torres Strait Baseline Study, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 1031.03KB]
31. The Need for an Information Database of Resource Development Activities for the Torres Strait Region. Thomas Nen Papua New Guinea National Research Institute [Adobe Acrobat Format 787.12KB]
32. Torres Strait Traditional Fisheries Studies: Some Implications for Sustainable Development. Robert Johannes, CSIRO Division of Fisheries Wallace MacFarlane, Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service [Adobe Acrobat Format 1218.70KB]
33. Sustainable Development: Possibilities and Limitations to Indigenous Economic Development in the Tones Strait. Bill Arthur, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University [Adobe Acrobat Format 1699.33KB]
34. Self-Management and the Bureaucracy: the Example of Thursday Island. Sandra J Kehoe-Forutan Gutteridge Haskins & Davey [Adobe Acrobat Format 619.31KB]
35. Internationalism, Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development. Peter Jull North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University [Adobe Acrobat Format 1386.76KB]
36. Environment and Human Ecology in the Lake Murray-Middle Fly Area. Murk Busse Papua New Guinea National Museum [Adobe Acrobat Format 844.79KB]
37. The Torres Strait Treaty and the Environment. Judith Laffan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [Adobe Acrobat Format 888.88KB]
38. The MAZA Wildlife Management Area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea: The Resources and its Management. William Asigau Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation [Adobe Acrobat Format 697.47KB]

TORRES STRAIT BASELINE STUDY

40. The Policy Context of the Terre? Strait Environmental Baseline Study. Allan Haines, Department of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories [Adobe Acrobat Format 596.30KB]
41. Sustainable Development for Traditional Inhabitants of the Torres Strait Region: The Torres Strait Baseline Study. David Lawrence, Torres Strait Baseline Study, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 1147.57KB]
42. The Torres Strait Baseline Study Scientific Programme: Assessing the Impacts of Heavy Metals in a Physically Complex and Biologically Diverse Tropical Marine System. Ian J Dight Torres Strait Baseline Study, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and James Cook University of North Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 1248.51KB]

CONCLUDING REMARKS

• Lines in the Water: Sea Tenure as “Custom Today’ in Western Oceania. John Cordell Cultural Survival Inc. [Adobe Acrobat Format 974.21KB]

DRAFT SUMMARIES [Adobe Acrobat Format 1303.64KB]

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