Ninti One is an independent national not-for-profit company that builds opportunities for people in remote Australia through applied on-ground research, innovation and community development. Ninti One operates at the nexus of research, policy and practice, with an emphasis on the practical application of research. This is done as a community level in remote Australia, which sees us frequently working with and through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and associated organisations. Ninti One also provides independent, proven, professional research and consulting services to a wide range of organisations and enterprises with an interest in remote Australia. AIMS Address the high levels of social and economic disadvantage, and to improve the lives of people living in the desert and remote regions of Australia; Find solutions that address the impact of economic exclusion on people living in the desert and remote areas of Australia increase economic participation of people living in remote and desert areas of Australia by: * improving the understanding of Australia's desert and remote regions to make them, and our knowledge of them, an important part of our global competitive advantage * increasing the skills and capacity of those people * enhance and protect the natural environment within Australia's desert regions and to understand the impact of climate change on this environment and the people who live there. Ninti One's networks of professional practitioners work in high-calibre, multidisciplinary teams that can complete competitive contracts on cross-jurisdictional projects. Ninti One manages the research activities and partnerships of the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation Intellectual Property from the former Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre. Based in Alice Springs, with research hubs and key staff around the country.