NERP TE Project 12.1 Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO)

The project seeks to improve understanding of practices that can underpin co-management arrangements for conservation areas, including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA).\n\nA co-research team of CSIRO scientists, Rainforest Aboriginal peoples, protected area managers and other key partners will investigate the potential of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs), and other collaborative models and tools, to engage Indigenous values and world views. The team will focus on the conditions under which these arrangements lead to effective joint management.\n\nThe overall goal of the project is to identify the means for effective engagement of Indigenous knowledge and co-management for biodiversity and cultural protection in the region; and for joint management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area between governments and Rainforest Aboriginal peoples, in partnership with communities.\n\nThe project will deliver tested mechanisms for co-governance and collaboration between Traditional Owners, government managers, and other key partners, for biodiversity and Indigenous cultural conservation in the Wet Tropics region.\n\nThis project is now complete.

本项目旨在深化对可支撑保护区共管安排的实践模式的理解，研究范围涵盖湿热带世界遗产地（Wet Tropics World Heritage Area，WTWHA）。

由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）科学家、雨林原住民族群、保护区管理者及其他核心合作伙伴组成的联合研究团队，将探究原住民保护区（Indigenous Protected Areas，IPAs）及其他协作模式与工具在融入原住民价值观与世界观方面的潜力。该团队将重点研究上述安排能够实现有效联合管理的前提条件。

本项目的总体目标是，确立在该区域有效融入原住民知识、开展生物多样性与文化保护共管的可行路径；同时推动政府与雨林原住民族群以社区伙伴关系为基础，实现湿热带世界遗产地的联合管理。

本项目将为湿热带地区的生物多样性与原住民文化保护工作，提供经实践验证的共同治理与协作机制，用于规范传统所有者、政府管理者及其他核心合作伙伴之间的协作关系。

本项目现已结题。