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Native Title and Joint Management

Case Studies of Joint Management of Protected Areas

Jack Ah Kit, Chair of Nitmiluk Board of Management,
and Ryan Barrawei, Deputy. Photo: Toni Bauman

AIATSIS completed three case studies in the joint management of conservation and Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) in partnership with the Australian Collaboration, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor Fund), as part of the AIATSIS ‘Success in Aboriginal Organisations’ Project. Within this project, Ms Toni Bauman completed a case study of Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park. Mr Dermot Smyth carried out two case studies on the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area and the Booderee National Park in the ACT.

• Bauman, T. and D Smyth. 2007. Indigenous Partnerships in Protected Area Management in Australia: Three case studies 2.7MB. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in association with the Australian Collaboration and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor fund), Canberra 9.

See also:

• Policy Briefing Paper 160Kb
• Presentation 674Kb

For a case study of joint management arrangements of national parks in South Australia, see G Leaman, Innovative arrangements for co-management of parks in South Australia, National Native Title Conference, Canberra, 2010 44Kb

International Case Studies of Joint Management

International examples of joint management arrangements provide a useful source of information and comparison. In 2009, the First Nations Forestry Program, Canada, published a compendium of case studies showcasing examples of successful joint management projects. The case studies demonstrate progressive approaches to increasing the involvement of First Nation communities in the forest sector through forest management, business development, skills training and capacity building.

• First Nations Forestry Program, 2009, First Nations Forestry Program: Success Stories 8.51MB, Government of Canada, Ottawa, 2009.