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An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is a class of
protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
used in
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, and declared by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander representative organisations. Each is formally recognised by the
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as being part of its
National Reserve System Australia's National Reserve System (NRS) is a network of more than 10,000 Commonwealth plus state and territory protected areas which, in combination, on a national scale, protect more than , greater than 17% of the continent, of unique biodi ...
. The areas may comprise land and sea, and are managed by Indigenous groups for the
conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...
of
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. Managing IPAs also helps to protect the cultural values of their country for future generations, and has benefits for Indigenous health, education, economic and social cohesion. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under
Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
licence.
As of 2020, there were 78 IPAs, covering around 46.53% of the National Reserve system. In September 2021, a further seven IPAs were declared, which will lead to IPAs comprising more than half of Australia's National Reserve System.
Indigenous ranger The Indigenous ranger projects were introduced by the Australian Government in 2007 as part of its Working on Country program. Indigenous rangers are Indigenous Australians who combine traditional knowledge with conservation training in order to p ...
s are employed to work in IPAs as well as in other remote areas of Australia, on
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and related projects. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under
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History

During the 1990s the Australian Government was working in cooperation with State and Territory Governments to build a National Reserve System aimed at protecting, for
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, a representative sample of Australia's diverse range of flora, fauna and eco-systems. As part of this effort, Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander owners of lands and seas were asked, and many who were interested in re-establishing effective indigenous land management agreed to participate in this endeavour. At a national conference of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders held in 1997, it was agreed and resolved by the delegates present that a new class of "Indigenous" protected area should be formed as follows:
An Indigenous Protected Area is
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governed by the continuing responsibilities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to care for and protect lands and waters for present and future generations... Indigenous Protected Areas may include areas of land and waters over which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are custodians, and which shall be managed for cultural
biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...
and conservation, permitting customary sustainable resource use and sharing of benefit.
The first trialling of this new environmental partnership aimed at adding the new class of Protected Areas to Australia's National Reserve System, was with the
Adnyamathanha The Adnyamathanha (Pronounced: ) are a contemporary Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, formed as an aggregate of several distinct peoples. Strictly speaking the ethnonym Adnyamathanha was an alternativ ...
people of
Nepabunna Nepabunna, also spelt Nipapanha, is a small community in the northern Flinders Ranges in north-eastern South Australia, about north of Adelaide. It is located just west of the Gammon Ranges, and the traditional owners are the Adnyamathanha peopl ...
Aboriginal community, volunteering of rugged
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hills,
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flats, springs and waterholes between the
Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabi ...
and
Gammon Ranges Gammon may refer to: People * Archer T. Gammon (1918–1945), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * James Gammon (1940–2010), American actor * James Gammon (engraver) (), English engraver * Kendall Gammon (born 1968), Ame ...
National Parks to be managed as an Indigenous Protected Area. The land selected for the first proposed Indigenous Protected area was held by the
South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust In Australia, an Aboriginal land trust (ALT) is a type of non-profit organisation that holds the freehold title to an area of land on behalf of a community of Aboriginal Australians. The land has been legally granted to a community by the governme ...
(on a 99-year lease, for the Adnyamathanha people), and, by 26 August 1998, an agreement had been reached to see the people of Nepabunna Aboriginal community engaged and some employed in restoring the landscape to its former natural and cultural value, and Australia's first Indigenous Protected Area, the
Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area Nepabunna, also spelt Nipapanha, is a small community in the northern Flinders Ranges in north-eastern South Australia, about north of Adelaide. It is located just west of the Gammon Ranges, and the traditional owners are the Adnyamathanha p ...
was declared. At the opening ceremony in 1998, Nantawarrina was declared "the first Indigenous Protected Area in South Australia, Australia and internationally" by Gurtrude Johnson, an Adnyamathanha
traditional owner Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have rights ...
. By 2007 the kind of partnership agreed and started with the Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area had grown to include 23 declared Indigenous Protected Areas covering close to , or 23 per cent of the
National Reserve System Australia's National Reserve System (NRS) is a network of more than 10,000 Commonwealth plus state and territory protected areas which, in combination, on a national scale, protect more than , greater than 17% of the continent, of unique biodi ...
. By agreeing to establish Indigenous Protected Areas, Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples contributed two-thirds of all new additions to Australia's National Reserve System over the decade 1997–2007. In July 2012,
The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Natu ...
, alongside IPA alongside the
Central Land Council The Central Land Council (CLC) is a land council that represents the Aboriginal peoples of the southern half of the Northern Territory of Australia (NT), predominantly with regard to land issues. it is one of four land councils in the Northern T ...
and government representatives from Australia’s
National Reserve System Australia's National Reserve System (NRS) is a network of more than 10,000 Commonwealth plus state and territory protected areas which, in combination, on a national scale, protect more than , greater than 17% of the continent, of unique biodi ...
, helped announce the launch of the
Southern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, ...
. This Indigenous Protected Area is Australia’s largest land reserve, spanning . It protects important pieces of the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
’s natural legacy. Included in the Southern Tanami reserve are much of
Lake Mackay Lake Mackay, known as Wilkinkarra to the Indigenous Pintupi people, is the largest of hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes scattered throughout the Pilbara and northern parts of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia and the Norther ...
—Australia’s second-largest lake—and an enormous swathe of the Tanami Desert. This IPA links a variety of habitats that includes
desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...
s and
savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
s, giving plant and animal species the space they need to manoeuvre around threats like
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s and
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. Two new areas were declared in
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
in 2020, bringing the total number to 78. In September 2021, a further seven IPAs were declared, which will lead to IPAs comprising more than half of Australia's National Reserve System.In September 2021, a further seven IPAs were declared, which will lead to IPAs comprising more than half of Australia's National Reserve System. In May 2022, the incoming
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government under
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committed to boosting the funding for managing the IPAs to the tune of annually; also to doubling the number of Indigenous rangers to 3,8000 by 2030, and also to improving
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in employment.


Criteria and description

Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander land and sea owners (including native title holders) may be encouraged, or themselves apply to the Australian Government to establish an Indigenous Protected Area on their lands/seas. However, an Indigenous Protected Area can only come into existence where: * land and/or seas are owned by
Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...
or
Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait Islanders () are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often groupe ...
peoples; and * significant biodiversity occurs within such Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander-owned lands or seas; and * the Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islanders concerned enter into a formal conservation agreement with the Australian Government to manage some of their lands or seas as an IUCN standard "protected area". Most IPAs are dedicated under IUCN Categories 5 and 6, which promote a balance between conservation and other sustainable uses to deliver social, cultural and economic benefits for local Indigenous communities.
Indigenous ranger The Indigenous ranger projects were introduced by the Australian Government in 2007 as part of its Working on Country program. Indigenous rangers are Indigenous Australians who combine traditional knowledge with conservation training in order to p ...
s are employed to work in IPAs as well as in other remote areas of Australia, on land management and related projects.


IPA data

IPA data is available online from several sources. *Three maps offering different views of all IPA project locations are available on the
National Indigenous Australians Agency The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) is an Australian Government agency responsible for whole-of-government coordination of policy development, program design, and service delivery for Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Isl ...
's IPA page: an interactive map and project summaries; Indigenous Protected Areas (PDF) and the Indigenous Protected Areas - Commonwealth Funded Indigenous Ranger Groups (PDF), which also lists the ranger group names. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment The Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) was an Australian Government department which operated from 1 February 2020 until 30 June 2022. It represented Australia's national interests in agriculture, water and th ...
's Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD). Updated on a two-year schedule, but some data values may be incorrect or out-of-date. Data provided via Excel spreadsheets, by state and territory. * The
World Database on Protected Areas The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data on the world's terrestrial and marine protected areas, containing more than 260,000 protected areas as of August 2020, with records covering 245 countries and territori ...
(WDPA), "the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas", is a produced by the
UN Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on th ...
and the
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(IUCN). Says it is updated monthly, but the Australian section as of September 2021 shows the Australian Government source as 2020 (lists 78 IPAs under "Indigenous peoples").


List of Indigenous Protected Areas


Federal

*
Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, formerly Jervis Bay National Park and Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens, are located in the Jervis Bay Territory of Australia. The reserve is composed of two sections: * the Bherwerre Peninsula, on the souther ...
, in the
Jervis Bay Territory The Jervis Bay Territory (; JBT) is an internal territory of Australia. It was established in 1915 from part of New South Wales (NSW), in order to give the landlocked Australian Capital Territory (ACT) access to the sea. It was administered ...
, managed by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community


New South Wales

New South Wales IPAs include: * Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong Indigenous Protected Area * Boorabee and The Willows Indigenous Protected Area *
Gumma Indigenous Protected Area Gumma or Guma may refer to: * Gumma (pathology), a characteristic tissue nodule found in the tertiary stage of syphilis * Guma, a county in Khotan region of East Turkistan. * Gumma, an alternative spelling of Gunma Prefecture in Japan * The Kingdo ...
* Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area * Ngunya Jargoon Indigenous Protected Area * Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Area * Toogimbie Indigenous Protected Area * Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area * Weilmoringle Indigenous Protected Area


Northern Territory

Northern Territory IPAs include: *
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an Aboriginal Australian-owned pastoral lease, within the MacDonnell Shire area, south-west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, east from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (Ayers Rock), sou ...
* Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area * Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area – declared in 2000, it was the first land/sea IPA in Australia * Djelk Indigenous Protected Area *
Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Warumungu about south of Tennant Creek, and north of Alice Springs. The nearest settlement is the small to ...
? * Katiti Petermann Indigenous Protected Area - declared on 1 October 2015, more than in
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park is home to both Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It is located south of Darwin by road and south-west of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lassete ...
. * Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area - , created in 2006 * Marri-Jabin , Stage one of the Thamarrurr Indigenous Protected Area *
Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...
*
Southern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, ...
* South-East Arnhem Land Indigenous Protected Area * Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area * Yanyuwa Indigenous Protected Area


Queensland

Queensland IPAs include: *
Eastern Kuku Yalanji Indigenous Protected Area Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Li ...
* Guanaba Indigenous Protected Area *
Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers Indigenous Protected Area The Kaantyu people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. They live in the area around the present-day town of Coen, Queensland, Coen. Most of their traditional tribal land has been taken over for catt ...
*
Magani Lagaugal Indigenous Protected Area Bagani or magani refers to the class of warrior-leaders of various Lumad ethnic groups of the Philippines, ethnic groups of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Bagani were most notably integral to the traditional society and government of the Ma ...
(
Torres Strait Islands The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land ...
, declared Sep 2021) * Mandingalbay Yidinji Indigenous Protected Area * Masigalal Indigenous Protected Area (
Torres Strait Islands The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land ...
, declared Sep 2021) * Thuwathu-Bujimulla Indigenous Protected Area * Umpila Indigenous Protected Area ( Cape York, declared Sep 2021) *
Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area (also known as Deliverance Island) is a small island that is part of Australia's Indigenous Protected Area, National Reserve System, located south of Papua New Guinea and about north of Thursday Island, Tor ...


South Australia

South Australian IPAs include: * Antara-Sandy Bore Indigenous Protected Area * Kalka-Pipalyatjara Indigenous Protected Area * Mount Willoughby Indigenous Protected Area *
Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area Nepabunna, also spelt Nipapanha, is a small community in the northern Flinders Ranges in north-eastern South Australia, about north of Adelaide. It is located just west of the Gammon Ranges, and the traditional owners are the Adnyamathanha p ...
* Watarru and Walalkara Indigenous Protected Area *
Yalata Indigenous Protected Area The Yalata Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous Protected Area in South Australia. It has an area of 4643.97 km2.UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Yalata from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 25 May 2022/ref> T ...


Tasmania

Tasmanian IPAs include: * Preminghana Indigenous Protected Area * Risdon Cove and Putalina Indigenous Protected Areas * Mount Chappell and Badger Islands Indigenous Protected Areas


Victoria

Victorian IPAs include: * Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area *
Framlingham Forest Indigenous Protected Area Framlingham is a rural township located by the Hopkins River in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, about north-east of the coastal city of Warrnambool. In the 2016 census, the township had a population of 158. The town lies within ...
*
Kurtonitj Indigenous Protected Area Budj Bim heritage areas includes several protected areas in Victoria, Australia, the largest two being Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. Within the latter, there are three Indigenous Protected Areas: the ...
*
Lake Condah Indigenous Protected Area Budj Bim heritage areas includes several protected areas in Victoria, Australia, the largest two being Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. Within the latter, there are three Indigenous Protected Areas: the ...
*
Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area Budj Bim heritage areas includes several protected areas in Victoria, Australia, the largest two being Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. Within the latter, there are three Indigenous Protected Areas: the ...


Western Australia

Western Australian IPAs include: * Balanggarra Indigenous Protected Area * Bardi Jawi Indigenous Protected Area * Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area ( Little Sandy Desert, and
Gascoyne The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gasc ...
, 2013,
Martu people The Martu (Mardu) are a grouping of several Aboriginal Australian peoples in the Western Desert cultural bloc. Name The Martu people were originally speakers of various Wati languages in the Western Desert dialect continuum whose identity coa ...
, ) * Dambimangari Indigenous Protected Area * Karajarri Indigenous Protected Area *
Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area Kiwirrkurra, gazetted as Kiwirrkurra Community, is a small community in Western Australia in the Gibson Desert, east of Port Hedland and west of Alice Springs. It had a population of 165 in 2016, mostly Aboriginal Australians.Australian Burea ...
* Matuwa and Kurrara-Kurrara Indigenous Protected Area * Ngaanyatjarra Indigenous Protected Area *
Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous Protected Area in Western Australia. It covers an area of 43.993.01 km2 in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The protected area was established in 2020. The Ngadju people serve as traditional cu ...
(2020, north of Esperance, in the
Western Australian Goldfields The Western Australian Goldfields is a term for areas in Western Australia that have had significant areas of gold mining occur. Range of goldfields There are goldfields across the state of Western Australia, from the Kimberley region to the so ...
,
Ngadju The Ngadju are an indigenous Australian people of the Goldfields-Esperance region of the Western Australia. Country Ngadju traditional land took in some , running south from Goddard Creek to Mount Ragged, Israelite Bay and Point Malcolm. The ...
people, ) *
Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area The Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area (Ngururrpa IPA), covering an area of in the far eastern area of the Pilbara region, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, was declared in October 2020. It includes all of the land included in the ...
(2020, in the Great Sandy Desert, ) * Ninghan Indigenous Protected Area * Nyangumarta Warrarn Indigenous Protected Area * Paruku Indigenous Protected Area *
Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area The Wunambal (Unambal), also known as Wunambal Gaambera, Uunguu (referring to their lands), and other names, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. People The Wunambal were, according to Norma ...
* Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Indigenous Protected Area *
Wilinggin Indigenous Protected Area The Ngarinyin or Ngarinjin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Their language, Ngarinyin, is also known as Ungarinyin. When referring to their traditional lands, they refer to themselves as Wilinggi ...
*
Yawuru Indigenous Protected Area The Yawuru, also spelt Jawuru, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Language A Japanese linguist, Hosokawa Kōmei (細川弘明), compiled the first basic dictionary of the Yawuru language in 1988, an ...
New areas declared September 2021: *
Mayala Indigenous Protected Area The Yawijibaya, also written Jaudjibaia, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Along with the Unggarranggu people, they are the traditional owners of Buccaneer Ar ...
(Kimberley) * Ngurra Kayanta Indigenous Protected Area (Great Sandy Desert) * Nykina Mangala Indigenous Protected Area (Kimberley) * Warramba garr wambooriny Indigenous Protected Area (Kimberley)


2020: New IPAs

, there are 20 new proposed IPAs under consultation at the following locations: *
Tiwi Islands The Tiwi Islands ( tiw, Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island, Bathurst Island, and nine smaller uninhabited islands, wi ...
, north of Darwin, Northern Territory (Tiwi Land Council) *
Haasts Bluff Haasts Bluff, also known as Ikuntji, is an Aboriginal Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, west of Alice Springs. At the 2006 ce ...
, south-west Northern Territory (Central Land Council) * Mamu Wet Tropics, far north Queensland (Mamu Aboriginal Corporation) * Arafura Swamp, north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation) *
Maralinga Tjarutja The Maralinga Tjarutja, or Maralinga Tjarutja Council, is the corporation representing the traditional Anangu owners of the remote western areas of South Australia known as the Maralinga Tjarutja lands. The council was established by the ''Mara ...
Lands, western South Australia (Oak Valley (Maralinga) Aboriginal Corporation) * Mimal, south-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (Mimal Land Management). *
Wuthathi The Wuthathi, also known as the Mutjati, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Anthropologist Norman Tindale distinguished the Mutjati from the Otati, whereas AIATSIS treats the two ethnonyms as variants related to th ...
Shelburne Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation) *
Olkola The Olkolo or Koko-olkola' are an Indigenous Australian people of central and eastern Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. According to Norman Tindale, they are to be distinguished from the Kokangol, higher up on the Alice River watershed ...
, central
Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación ...
, Queensland (Olkola Aboriginal Corporation) *
Crocodile Islands The Crocodile Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Yan-nhaŋu people of the Northern Territory of Australia. They are located off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Arafura Sea. List of islands Larger islands * Milingimbi Island, in the ...
Maringa, north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (Milingimbi & Outstations Progress Resource Association) *
Spinifex Pilki Spinifex may refer to: * ''Spinifex'' (coastal grass), a genus of grasses growing on coastal dunes in Asia and Australasia * ''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses of inland Australia, commonly known as ''spinifexes'' * Spinifex, a texture in cer ...
, south-east Western Australia ( Pila Nguru Aboriginal Corporation)


Awards

The
World Future Council The World Future Council (WFC) is a German non-profit foundation with its headquarters in Hamburg. It works to pass on a healthy and sustainable planet with just and peaceful societies to future generations. FuturePolicy.org The website f ...
(WFC) awarded the Indigenous Protected Areas and Indigenous Rangers programs with the"Bronze Future Policy Award 2017:
Desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...
".


See also

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Aboriginal reserve An Aboriginal reserve, also called simply reserve, was a government-sanctioned settlement for Aboriginal Australians, created under various state and federal legislation. Along with missions and other institutions, they were used from the 19th c ...
* Community Conservation Areas *
Indian reservation An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it ...
(US) *
Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Ind ...
(Canada) * Minister for Indigenous Australians *
Protected areas of Australia Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...
* Territory of Traditional Natural Resource Use, in
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...


References


Further reading

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External links

* * * Interactive map
Map of IPAs as of February 2020
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