A Framework to the ACIAR Project on Fire Management in Eastern Indonesia and Northern Australia - and Welcome to the Workshop

摘要

This current project had its beginnings at the International Conference on Agricultural Development in Semiarid East Nusa Tenggara, East Timor and South East Maluku which was held in Kupang from 11 to 15 December 1995. Arranged through an organising committee headed by Satya Wacanna University, the conference attracted wide support from within Indonesia and the region. The Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries (NTDPIF) and the Northern Territory Unviersity (NTU) were core participants in the conference. In the case of NTU, participation was linked to the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) the institution had established with five Indonesian universities in the region (refer paper by Healey, these proceedings). The NTDPIF also had well established partnerships in place and a long history of involvement in the agricultural sector of eastern Indonesia.