Co-management and indigenous protected areas in Australia: Achievements and ways forward

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-252

  Ross, H ^a   Grant, C ^b   Robinson, C J ^c   Izurieta, A ^d   Smyth, D ^e   Rist, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Conservation Foundation   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Bahrdt Consultants   (Australia)

^f Girringun Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indigenous; Indigenous community conserved area; Joint management; National park; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 76349086008     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2009.9725240     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Bauman, T., and Smyth, D., 2007. Indigenous partnerships in protected area management in Australia:three case studies, Canberra:Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian Collaboration.
2. Berkes, F., Community-based conservation in a globalized world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. vol. 104, pp. 15188–15193.
3. Berkes, F., 2009. Evolution of co-management:role of knowledge generation, bridging organisations and social learning. Journal of Environmental Management, 90:1692–1702.
4. Borrini-Feyerabend, G., Pimbert, M., Farvar, M. T., Kothari, A., and Renard, Y., 2004. Sharing power:learning by doing in comanagement of natural resources throughout the world, Tehran:Cenesta. International Institute for Environment and Development, London & the Collaborative Management Working Group, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, World Conservation Union (IUCN), viewed 27 November 2009http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/ceesp/ceesp_publications/sharing_power.cfm#sp_citation
5. Collins, J., 2005. “ Indigenous people and protected areas ”. In Protected area management:principles and practice, Edited by:Worboys, G. L., Lockwood, M., and de Lacy, T., 493–508. Melbourne:Oxford University Press.
6. Council of Australian Governments (COAG). 2009. National integrated strategy for closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage, Canberra:COAG. viewed 21 November 2009http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07 02/docs/NIS_closing_the_gap.pdf
7. Craig, D., 1999. Indigenous joint management of national parks. Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, 4 (4):73–81.
8. Dale, A., 1991. Aboriginal access to land management funding and services:case studies Kowanyama, Aurukun, Woorabinda and Trelawney, Brisbane:Division of Environmental Studies, Griffith University.
9. De Lacy, T., 1994. The Uluru/Kakadu model—Anangu Tjukurrpa. 50,000 years of Aboriginal law and land management changing the concept of national parks in Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 7 (5):479–498.
10. Dillon, M., and Westbury, N., 2007. Beyond humbug:transforming government engagement with Indigenous Australia, West Lakes, South Australia:Seaview Press.
11. Fraser, F., Donohoe, P., and Donohoe, P., 2007. “ Realising opportunities and recognising constraints:jointly managed parks in the Northern Territory ”. In Protecting country:Indigenous governance and management of protected areas, Edited by:Smyth, D., and Ward, G. K., 19–30. Canberra:Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/publications/ProtectingCountry3.pdf
12. George, M., Innes, J., and Ross, H., 2004. Managing sea country together:key issues for developing co-operative management for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Townsville, Queensland:CRC Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report no. 50
13. Gilligan, B., 2006. The Indigenous protected areas programme 2006 evaluation, Canberra:Department of the Environment and Heritage.
14. Girringun Aboriginal Corporation and Nursey-Bray, M., 2002. Girringun Salt Water Unit co-management proposal, Cardwell, Queensland:Girringun Aboriginal Corporation.
15. Grant, C., Ross, H., Robinson, C., Izurieta, A., Smyth, D., Rist, P., Scherl, L., Rose, B., Hedgcock, N., and Schmider, J., APAC08:a combined report from the Indigenous Forum (Satellite Event) workshop on Co-management and Indigenous Protected Areas 30 years on, and working party discussions. APAC08 proceedings:Australian Protected Areas Congress 2008, protected areas in the century of change. pp. 264–268. Brisbane:Department of Environment and Resource Management. viewed 11 November 2009http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/register/p03010aa.pdf
16. Grant, C., and Smyth, D., 2008. Indigenous Protected Areas:an Australian example of community conserved areas Sunshine Coast, Queensland unpublished presentation to workshop on Co-management and Indigenous Protected Areas:30 years on, APAC08, Twin Waters, 26 November 2008
17. Havemann, P., Thiriet, D., Marsh, H., and Jones, C., 2005. Decolonising conservation? Traditional use of marine resources agreements and dugong hunting in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 22:258–280.
18. Hibbard, M., Lane, M. B., and Rasmussen, K., 2008. The split personality of planning:Indigenous peoples and planning for land and resource management. Journal of Planning Literature, 23 (2):136–151.
19. Hill, R., and Williams, L., 2009. “ Indigenous natural resource management:overcoming marginalisation produced in Australia's current NRM model ”. In Contested country:local and regional natural resource management in Australia, Edited by:Lane, M., Robinson, C., and Taylor, B., 161–178. Collingwood, Victoria:CSIRO Publishing.
20. Izurieta, A., 2008. Evaluation framework for collaborative management of protected areas:a cross-cultural case study in Queensland, Australia, Gatton, Queensland:School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland. PhD Thesis
21. Lane, M., 2001. Affirming new directions in planning theory:co-management of protected areas. Society and Natural Resources, 14:657–671.
22. Lane, M. B., and Chase, A. K., 1996. “ Resource development in Cape York Peninsula:marginalisation and denial of indigenous perspectives ”. In Resources, nations and Indigenous people in Australasia:case studies from Australasia, Melanesia and Southeast Asia, Edited by:Howitt, R., Connell, J., and Hirsch, P., 172–183. Melbourne:Oxford University Press.
23. Larsen, K., 2007. “ Aboriginal Traditional Owner aspirations for national park homelands and the Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 (Qld) ”. In Protecting country:Indigenous governance and management of protected areas, Edited by:Smyth, D., and Ward, G. K., 51–70. Canberra:Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. e-publicationhttp://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/publications/Protecting Country6.pdf
24. Lawrence, D., 2000. Kakadu:the making of a national park, Carlton, Victoria:The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press.
25. McCay, B. J., and Jentoft, S., 1996. From the bottom up:participatory issues in fisheries management. Society and Natural Resources, 9:237–250.
26. Moyses, M., and Panton, B., 2008. “ Indigenous partnerships in Northern Territory protected areas:joint management of national parks and support for Indigenous Protected Areas ”. In Protecting country:Indigenous governance and management of protected areas, Edited by:Smyth, D., and Ward, G. K., 9–18. Canberra:Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. e-publicationhttp://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/publications/ProtectingCountry2.pdf
27. Orchard, K., Ross, H., and Young, E., 2003. “ Institutions and processes for resource and environmental management in the Indigenous domain ”. In Managing Australia's environment, Edited by:Dovers, S., and Wild River, S., 413–441. Annandale, NSW:Federation Press.
28. Osherenko, G., 1988. Sharing power with native users:comanagement regimes for arctic wildlife, Ottawa:Canadian Arctic Resources Committee. Canadian Arctic Policy Paper no. 5
29. Pearson, N., 2009. Up from the mission, Melbourne:Black Inc.
30. Robinson, C. J., Ross, H., and Hockings, M., 2006. Development of co-operative management arrangements in the Great Barrier Reef:an adaptive management approach, Townsville, Queensland:CRC Reef Research. CRC Reef Research Technical Report no. 55
31. Robinson, C. J., Williams, L., and Lane, M. B., 2009. “ A broker diagnostic for improving Indigenous governance of dry land environments ”. In People, communities and economies of the Lake Eyre Bas, Edited by:Measham, T. G., and Brake, L., 76–90. Alice Springs, Northern Territory:Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre. (compiled reports), DKCRC Research Report no. 45
32. Ross, H., Rist, P., Smyth, D., Robinson, C., and Izurieta, A., 2008. Co-management:overview and new directions Sunshine Coast Queensland unpublished presentation to Workshop on Co-management and Indigenous Protected Areas:30 years on, APAC08, Twin Waters, 26 November 2008
33. Ross, H., Robinson, C., and Hockings, M., 2005. “ Evaluation of Indigenous co-management of natural resources ”. In Regional natural resource management planning:the challenges of evaluation as seen through different lenses, Edited by:Bellamy, J., 51–58. Brisbane:CIRM Social Dimensions of NRM Working Group.
34. Scherl, L., and Rose, B., 2008. Indigenous community conserved areas:international developments and Australian contribution Sunshine Coast Queensland unpublished presentation to Workshop on Co-management and Indigenous Protected Areas:30 years on, APAC08, Twin Waters, 26 November 2008
35. Sea Forum. 1999. Aboriginal involvement in management of the southern Great Barrier Reef:discussion paper, Brisbane:Sea Forum.
36. Smyth, D., 2001a. “ Joint management of national parks ”. In Working on country:contemporary indigenous management of Australia's lands and coastal regions, Edited by:Baker, R., Davies, J., and Young, E., 75–91. Melbourne:Oxford University Press.
37. Smyth, D., 2001b. “ Management of sea country ”. In Working on country:contemporary Indigenous management of Australia's lands and coastal regions, Edited by:Baker, R., Davies, J., and Young, E., 60–74. Melbourne:Oxford University Press.
38. Smyth, D., 2008. “ Just add water? Taking Indigenous protected areas into Sea Country ”. In Protecting Country:Indigenous governance and management of protected areas, Edited by:Smyth, D., and Ward, G. K., 95–110. Canberra:Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. e-publicationhttp://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/publications/ProtectingCountry8.pdf
39. Smyth, D., and Bauman, T., 2007. “ Indigenous partnerships in protected area management in Australia:three case studies ”. In Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Canberra
40. Smyth, D., and Sutherland, J., 1996. Indigenous Protected Areas:conservation partnerships with Indigenous landholders, Canberra:Environment Australia.
41. Stevens, S., 1997. “ The Yellowstone legacy ”. In Conservation through cultural survival:Indigenous peoples and protected areas, Edited by:Stevens, S., 13–32. Washington DC:Island Press.
42. Sutton, P., 2009. The politics of suffering:Indigenous Australia and the end of the liberal consensus, Melbourne:Melbourne University Press.
43. Szabo, S., and Smyth, D., 2003. “ Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia ”. In Innovative governance:Indigenous peoples, local communities and protected areas, Edited by:Jaireth, H., and Smyth, D., 145–164. New Delhi:IUCN-sponsored publication, published by Ane Books.
44. Thackway, R., and Cresswell, I. D., eds. 1995. An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia:a framework for establishing the national system of reserves, version 4.0, Canberra:Australian Nature Conservation Agency.
45. Toyne, P., and Johnson, R., 1991. Reconciliation, or the new dispossession? Aboriginal land rights and nature conservation. Habitat Australia, 19 (3):8–10.
46. Treseder, L., and Honda-McNeil, J., 1999. “ The evolution and status of wildlife co-management in Canada ”. In Northern Eden:community-based wildlife management in Canada, Evaluating Eden Series no. 2, Edited by:Treseder, L., Honda- McNeil, J., Berkes, M., Berkes, F., Dragon, J., Notzke, C., Schramm, T., and Hudson, R. J., 7–18. London:International Institute for Environment and Development.
47. Woenne-Green, S., Johnston, R., Sultan, R., and Wallis, A., 1994. Competing interests:Aboriginal participation in national parks and conservation reserves in Australia, Melbourne:Australian Conservation Foundation.
48. Young, E., Ross, H., Johnson, J., and Kesteven, J., 1991. Caring for country:Aborigines and land management, Canberra:Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.