Northern Land Council
Paul Donohoe is the General Manager for Land & Sea Management at Northern Land Council since May 2022, overseeing programs related to Caring for Country and Indigenous Protected Areas. Previous roles include Senior Manager and Manager of Planning and Land Management at Indigenous Land Corporation from April 2017 to May 2022, and Program Manager for the Savanna Fire Management Program in the Northern Territory. Additional experience includes Program Manager at Territory Natural Resource Management, Ecosystem based Adaptation Officer at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, and Assistant Director for Indigenous Policy at the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Paul Donohoe's career began at Northern Land Council as Senior Project Officer (Parks) and includes a background as Landcare Coordinator at Wangamaty Landcare Pty Ltd. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Environmental Science, a Bachelor of Arts in Community and International Development with a focus on Anthropology from the University of Melbourne, and a Master's in Public Administration from Griffith University.
Northern Land Council
The Northern Land Council was established in 1973 to represent traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. The most important responsibilities of the NLC are to consult with traditional landowners and other Aborigines with an interest in the land. This is to make sure the landowners as a group give their informed consent before the Land Council or a Land Trust enters into any agreement, or takes any action affecting their land. It also ensures that affected Aboriginal communities and groups have the chance to express their views and that land use agreements entered into are reasonable. These principles are fundamental to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The NLC also acts as a representative body for native title claimants in its area under the Native Title Act 1993.