The Desert Knowledge CRC is a research and brokerage institution
that links researchers with 28 partners. The Desert Knowledge CRC
focuses these research efforts on creating useful outcomes with
commercial application for desert people, communities and our
partners. These partners provide in-kind and cash support to the
Desert Knowledge CRC.
The Desert Knowledge CRC exists to:
- Provide sustainable livelihoods for desert people that are
based on natural resource and service enterprise opportunities that
are environmentally and socially appropriate
- Encourage sustainable remote desert settlements that support
the presence of desert people, particularly remote Aboriginal
communities, as a result of improved and efficient governance and
access to services
- Foster thriving desert regional economies that are based on
desert competitive advantages, bringing together Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal communities, government and industry
- Apply social science insights into governance, human capacity
and the design of appropriate institutions to all these
outcomes.
