Jon Altman is the Oceania regional leader on the major international comparative project: Centre pour la conservation et le développement autochtones alternatifs (CCDAA) or Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives (CICADA) administered by McGill University, Montréal, Québec, under the overall direction of Professor Colin Scott. He is also co-leader of Axis 3: livelihoods and food security: coping with neoliberal growth In this research Professor Altman will focus on his ongoing research with ranger groups working in the vast region from Kakadu National Park to North East Arnhem Land.