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Managing the Northern Australian Coastline

through Indigenous Protected Areas

Nanni Concu and Katherine May

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)

 Australian National University, Canberra

Littoral 2010: Adapting to Global Change at the Coast

21-23 September 2010, London, UK

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Outline

Indigenous Protected areas (IPAs) in Australia

Institutional and ecological processes in IPAs

Dhimurru IPA

Djelk IPA

An Effective Model?

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Indigenous Communities in Australia

2.5% of Australian

population identify as

Indigenous

(500,000 people)

25% live in remote or 

very remote areas

1,200 small

dispersed

communities

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The Indigenous Estate

Approximately 1.5million sq kms

20% of theAustralian landmass

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Land Management Activities

Weed Control

Fire Management

Feral AnimalManagement

Marineprotection

Photo source: CAEPR

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Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia

Source: DEWHA, 2010

A framework for 

conservation and

cultural protection of 

Indigenous-owned land

Based on a voluntary

agreement

Managed under IUCN

Guidelines for 

Protected Areas

Part of Australia¶s

National Reserve

System (NRS)

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Institutional and ecological scales of IPAs

Acknowledgment of Indigenous

rights and interests in protected

area management.

Australia¶s obligations under 

the CBD to expand the NRS

Interim Biogeographic

Regionalisation for Australia

(IBRA)

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Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area

IUCN Category 

Sub-bioregionMajor 

vegetation typeSize

 Annual Budget (2008/09)

No. Employed 

V Arnhem Coast 3 Savannah 101,000 ha $1,785,777 22

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Dhimurru Aboriginal

Corporation

Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area

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Conflicting development

Invasive plants and animal species

Rights and responsibilities to sea country

Budget

Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area

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Djelk

Djelk Indigenous Protected Area

Source: Djelk Rangers

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Invasive plants and animal species

Sea country

Djelk Indigenous Protected Area

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 An effective model?

Indigenous land-owners rights and powers

External threats

Sea Country

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