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Indigenous Protected Areas

Learn how Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) and co-management projects are conserving nature in Australia. Explore the importance of Indigenous involvement and partnership in protected area management. Discover the key features of IPAs and co-management arrangements.

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Indigenous Protected Areas

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  1. Indigenous Protected Areas Bruce Rose Parks Australia

  2. The IPA Program Department of SEWPaC, Parks Australia Commenced mid 1990s following consultation with key Indigenous land management stakeholders 3 types of projects funded. Currently 90 projects on the books. • Consultation projects (42) • Declared IPAs (40) • Co-management projects (8)

  3. What is an IPA? • Area of Indigenous land and/or sea • Voluntarily declared by Indigenous traditional owners • Managed by Traditional Owners through Management Plan based on Indigenous Ecological Knowledge • Consistent with IUCN guidelines • Part of National Reserve System • Legal or other effective means • IPA doesn’t change underlying tenure

  4. What is a co-management project? Support for Indigenous interests to develop cooperative management arrangements with Government agencies managing existing protected areas. • Funding is provided to Indigenous parties to negotiate cooperative management and governance arrangements. • Funds used for meetings, legal and other advice, to identify/interpret Indigenous values, revise Plans of Management , visit other co-managed areas, to consult and negotiate new arrangements. • Funds usually for a limited term 1-3 years - not on-ground works • Process requires protected area agency support. • Currently 8 Co-management projects underway

  5. Co-management continuum IPA Co-management • Ownership – Indigenous / non Indigenous • Control over decision making – Indigenous / non Indigenous • Management – sole management or shared • Legal or other effective means • IPA declaration over existing protected area

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