Desert Knowledge Australia identifies and develops key local and national programs, networks and partnerships that contribute to a better future for desert Australia.
Desert Knowledge Australia is a Statutory Corporation of the Northern Territory Government, with a national and international mandate.
Our Vision
A harmonious, sustainable and prosperous future for all Australia's desert people.
Our Guiding Principles
- collaborative: we work with organisations and people that share common goals.
- intercultural: we actively work to bring Aboriginal and other Australians together.
- sustainable: we work to achieve long term widespread change
- desert voice: we help build a voice for desert people.
- high impact: we focus effort where it will make the greatest change.
- localised and national: we work at a local level and in a national context.
Our Goal Areas
Desert Knowledge Australia manage and facilitate a range of programs to meet four goal areas:
Goal Area 1: Desert Knowledge Exchange
- Connecting people to each other and with desert knowledge to overcome the barriers of distance and isolation.
- To link desert people to use and create desert knowledge.
Goal Area 2: Partnership Building
- To facilitate effective collaboration and partnerships that create opportunities.
Goal Area 3: Strategic Targeted Actions
- To achieve the greatest impact by targeted actions based on a 'whole-of-desert' system view.
Goal Area 4: Foster the Desert Knowledge Movement
- To facilitate a strong and recognisable Desert Knowledge movement, brand and infrastructure that is effective and has impact.