Sustainability and indigenous management of the land

Question 1

What does sustainability mean?

Answer 1

Sustainability is the ability to exist and develop without decreasing natural resources for the future. It means to maintain or support a process continuously over time.

Question 2

How do indigenous people sustainably manage their land?

Answer 2

Indigenous people use processes such as traditional burning where they use fire to regenerate grasslands and vegetation. They used fire to create expansive grassland on good soils.Traditional fire management left behind small patches of vegetation in different stages of regrowth which provided a variety of different habitats.